Modi, Obama to meet on sidelines of Paris climate conference

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Africa, which contributes the least to the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, suffers the most from the impact of climate change, including the devastating effects of extreme weather patterns that damage infrastructure and ravage crops, the bank said.

Obama’s meetings with Indian, Chinese and French leaders were meant to “send a clear signal” that “he is going to be working with the key players to try to get this done”, White House Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes said Tuesday. Hollande is scheduled to meet Wednesday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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More than 20,000 people will be officially accredited and will have access to the conference itself, while those not accredited will be able to take part in debates, attend exhibitions, talks and screenings in the civil society area which will be built very close to the conference centre.

The administration officials said Obama will be joined in Paris by key members of his cabinet, including Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.

“There is a lot of hard work ahead”, Bodnar said.

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Mathur said Kerry’s remarks were unfortunate and India is committed to helping the world prevent the average temperature from rising beyond 2 degrees C. “We would like an agreement in Paris which enables a (periodic) global stock-taking that will allow countries to refine and improve on their goals and ambitions”, Mathur told reporters today, outlining India’s expectations.

The climate agreement that comes out of the Paris talks needs to be fair, ambitious and transformational with science and equity at its heart.

During earlier rounds of climate talks, the developed countries – historically, the biggest emitters – had agreed to provide finance and technology to help developing nations. Despite that opposition, Bodnar refused to rule it out as a possibility. “As stewards of taxpayer dollars, and in light of our substantial budget priorities, we can not support this request for funding for the Green Climate Fund, especially if the terms and conditions to pay such funds are not brought before Congress for approval as required by the U.S. Constitution”.

Then why do we have negotiations.