At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference or COP-21 next week, India will once again reiterate the need for “climate justice”.
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President Obama will head to a historic climate change summit in Paris next week with a fragile US commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions, and analysts say the president is limited in terms of concrete promises and instead will act as little more than a “cheerleader” in the fight against global warming.
Meanwhile, around the world, momentum is building, he said, pointing out that cities, businesses and investors, faith leaders and citizens are acting to reduce emissions and build resilience.
“President Obama declared Tuesday that next week’s climate change summit in Paris would be a “powerful rebuke” to terrorists, speaking alongside French President François Hollande at a joint news conference”.
After Obama returns to the United States, five other Cabinet members – including Secretary of State John F. Kerry, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy – will continue to press for a final agreement. The Paris Climate Conference will aim to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C.
A top government source was cited as saying that the reason for the remark (Mr Kerry’s) was that India’s “proactive” role at the negotiations have started yielding results and the world is appreciating the country’s climate action plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
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The flip side of this approach is that the Paris agreement must also establish a high bar for rigor and transparency in how countries report, verify and account for their emissions over time.
“We’ve been engaging with India throughout the year in determining how they can contribute constructively to a successful outcome in Paris”, Rhodes said. Recently, 37 senators signed a pledge to work against appropriating any money for a $100 billion-a-year “green fund” that would send money to developing countries to help them develop their economies in climate-conscious ways. Despite that opposition, Bodnar refused to rule it out as a possibility.
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“We have to recognise that all countries have to do their part, to the extent they have the resources and capacity to take action”, Ban Ki-Moon told PTI. Kerry also said that India’s decision to expand the use of domestic coal was “not in the direction we ought to be moving in”.
