COP21 : deuxième semaine décisive en vue d’un accord sur le climat by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.
COP21 : deuxième semaine décisive en vue d’un accord sur le climat by Hôtel★★★ Restaurant gourmand Coco Lodge Majunga.
Saturday, a draft agreement has been furnished, on which participants must now work.
The final agreement must be presented this Friday.
Ministers responsible for negotiating a global agreement on climate begin arriving Sunday in Paris in preparation for the second week of climate discussions, a crucial week for the planet. The UN climate conference, who should lead Friday at a universal agreement of unprecedented ambition to contain global warming under the threshold of 2 ° C compared to pre-industrial, "remains on track"., has estimated Sunday the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, African Ministers who met in Paris. "In General., We observe a will and a positive spirit around the process., He stressed.
Ministers of some 195 countries participating in the negotiations have appointment this morning at le Bourget for floor on the text of 48 pages developed since Tuesday by negotiators. They will have to decide on the merits from the many options still present in this dense text that evokes both the objective of 2 ° C that the question of the distribution of efforts between the countries, the means to be implemented to adapt to climate change and the crucial issue of funding. This second phase of discussions, After a first week marked by the presence of more 150 Heads of State and Government at the opening, will begin at 10 hours (9 hours GMT).
"The difficult political issues remain unresolved.
Will the optimism that blew Saturday on the conference still required ? Because the hardest starts. Agree draft currently on the table is a "step forward" but "it remains to deepen and to achieve.", has recalled Saturday the resident of the COP, the french Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. He hoped that the final agreement could be completed as early as Thursday, to enable its adoption Friday in accordance with the timetable foreseen, that in itself would already be a tower of strength for negotiations that usually play extensions for at least 24 hours. "The positions of the States are still very remote on essential points.. But we no longer have the time for a game of liar poker. »
Upon their arrival in Paris, Ministers will have to cut down their cards., considers Célia Gautier of the collective NGO climate action network. "The question of funding remains behind, with little progress on the sum which will have the poorest to adapt to climate change' from 2020, Note for its part the NGO Oxfam. "Let's be frank". : all difficult political issues remain unresolved., has indicated Saturday the European Union negotiator Miguel Arias Cañete. For the Chinese delegate Su Wei, negotiators have met "all the ingredients and seasonings to make a recipe".. Next week marks "the passage in the kitchen., He added, referring to the work of the Ministers.
An inadequate agreement
The financing of climate aid to the countries of the South by those in the North and the issue of the distribution of the efforts among developed countries, emerging and developing are not the only thorny points. The question of "losses and damages"., relating to aid which could be made to some countries to deal with global warming irreversible impacts, or the introduction of an appointment to review the commitments are also the subjects of tension. Almost all of the countries participating in the discussions have published their commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But these commitments n ’ will not prevent global thermometer climb of some 3 ° C compared to pre-industrial, According to different estimates.
Gold, Scientists fear that in addition to 2 C adaptation is impossible in many areas due to drought, floods increased, declining agricultural yields, coastal erosion… "I refuse to go home without an agreement allowing me to watch my grandchildren in the eye and tell them". : Dad came home, I have a good deal for you., has warned Saturday at the Bourget Tony de Brum, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Marshall Islands, small islands of the Pacific, in the front line against the increase in the level of the oceans caused by global warming.
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