Unsatisfactory first draft at Paris climate talks followed by massive protests
10 Dec 2015 12:04 PM IST
Unsatisfactory first draft at Paris climate talks followed by massive protests
Just about all countries have reservations about the latest draft of a global agreement to fight climate change, though none has rejected it outright.- Island nations are keeping up the pressure on negotiators at the Paris climate talks for a strong accord against global warming.
- Some protesters chanted 'what do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!'
- Janet Redman, with the Institute for Policy Studies, said 'I won't be surprised if the Paris deal does not deliver what we need. I think it's a travesty but it is not a surprise.'
- The new draft leaves key issues unresolved just two days before the talks are due to end. It doesn't settle whether governments are aiming to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) above pre-industrial times or closer to
- Protester Kyle Gracey said 'it is still not enough. It is not enough across the board. We are calling for much stronger action across the board.'
- Hundreds of protesters held a sit-in demonstration against a new draft agreement released Wednesday at the Paris climate talks.
- There are two remaining scheduled day of talks, but the yearly UN negotiations rarely finish on time.
- Oil-rich Saudi Arabia, meanwhile, hinted that it won't accept a long-term goal of keeping the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) — a demand by island nations and other vulnerable countries.
- Wealthy nations, which want the new agreement to apply to everyone, say there are too many paragraphs in the draft with one set of rules for rich countries and another for poor ones.
- Malaysian negotiator Gurdial Singh Nijar said the help from rich countries so far amounts to 'paltry dribbles.'
- In a plenary session late Wednesday, delegates from India and Malaysia said the draft needs stronger commitments from wealthy nations to provide financial support for poor nations to cope with climate change.
Just about all countries have reservations about the latest draft of a global agreement to fight climate change, though none has rejected it outright.
Unsatisfactory first draft at Paris climate talks followed by massive protests
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