“I am confident that China will continue to play such a role in Paris on the issue of differentiation and climate finance”, Ban said, touching upon the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, which says that countries with different economic, social, and historical backgrounds should contribute according to their differences. “We can expect that an agreement will be signed”.
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“I expect the world to conclude a universal climate agreement in Paris”.
But she hinted she will be bargaining hard, because the deal “must not hurt Poland’s economy”, which largely depends on black and brown coal.
Around 150 world leaders are expected to be gathered in Paris at the UN Climate Change summit.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he’s deeply concerned about tensions between Russia and Turkey after Turkish F-16s shot down a Russian warplane last week.
Ban will launch two weeks of climate talks starting Monday aiming at a long-term global agreement for all countries to reduce man-made emissions that heat the planet. The tower will remain lit like a tree through Thursday.
“Both the China-U.S. agreement and the China-France agreement are important inputs into the multilateral UNFCCC process”, the secretary-general said, referring to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The state of emergency was declared because of recent extremist attacks that killed 130 people in Paris.
The UN News Centre asked the Secretary-General what makes him optimistic that, in a world full of disease, war and starvation, world leaders can work together instead of in their own self-interest.
“The national climate change action plan submitted by member states up until now, by more than 183 countries, we call it INDC – Intended Nationally Determined Contribution – amounts to around three degrees Centigrade (37 degrees Fahrenheit)”.
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Alongside scores of other people, he donated a pair of his “marching shoes” to be placed at the city’s Place de la République near the scene of 20 November’s terror attack, and where the climate march was due to start. Ban, Hollande, the head of the United Nations climate change agency Christina Figueres, and French Environment Minister Segolene Royal are standing in front of the conference center to greet them. 11 to agree to deep emissions cuts and to help poor countries cope with global warming. More than 140 world leaders are gathering around Paris for high-stakes climate talks that start Monday, and activists are holding marches and protests around the world to urge them to reach a strong agreement to slow global warming. “That’s why there is attention now to the opportunities in reducing emissions”.
