Both the leaders declined to go into the specifics of the divergences but Javadekar said the meeting was “productive” and expressed hopes for “more convergence” over the draft of the climate accord.
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A negotiation for limits on greenhouse gas emissions is what this accord is aiming for.
Called “differentiation” in the negotiations, the richer nations want to change the way the world has been divided since 1992, when the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change came into being.
Separately, China’s President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by telephone and said their countries would maintain co-operation on climate change, Chinese state television reported.
To date, the processes that are supposed to cover emissions “haven’t really delivered much”, Kaisa Kosonen, climate policy adviser at Greenpeace said.
The text says the aim is to limit the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial times and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Earlier today he said: “I hope I will present a final text tomorrow…it will allow us to complete the final lap”.
“Of course differences remain, but it’s clear that the countries here are very, very serious about the challenge before them”, said Nat Keohane of the Environmental Defense Fund. “There is strong momentum as we head to the finish line”.
Mahmood says the topic at the Paris talks that will most impact Kentucky in the long run is the energy sector, which will bring challenges in the years ahead.
“I am submitting a new draft to you (nations)”, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius.
Eleven days of bruising worldwide diplomacy in the French capital have failed to resolve a host of decades-long arguments between rich and poor nations over how to cut greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
Climate change is the subject, and how we’ll mitigate damage is the talk that surrounds it. A total of 195 nations gathered this week to chop through planned global agreements to fight global warming.
The second provision tried to link development aid to countries in future to climate considerations. The minister said the negotiating teams of the two countries were working on language that would reflect a convergence.
Contents of the new draft raised the specter that a “loss and damage” mechanism, which would see developed countries help poorer ones recover from crises triggered by climate change, would be diminished.
When the final talks on the real deal will actually end is also up in the air, with estimates ranging from Friday evening to Sunday, but this more concise document leaves just a few key areas up for debate.
Kerry is expected to meet with numerous other negotiators who produced a 29-page draft agreement on Wednesday.
Developed nations such as the USA and Australia are adamant that all countries, regardless of size or strength of their economies, will need to be equally accountable for their carbon emissions and report them in similar ways. “There is no pressure, there is no trade off and there is straight talks and convergence”, Javadekar said.
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The new draft released on Thursday still reflects major disagreements between countries on many issues like finance and technology transfer. He spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were ongoing.
