At United Nations COP21 Climate Change Summit In Paris, China

Just a day before almost 150 world leaders and over 40,000 delegates from 195 countries would be meeting in Paris to reach a binding agreement on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, violent protests have erupted in Paris from anti-global warming demonstrators. “And we can be even more ambitious”, Obama said during a news conference at the climate change conference (COP21) in Paris.

During the meeting, Obama also emphasized the importance of full adherence to the U.S.-China cyber commitments from Xi’s visit to Washington in September and stressed the need to address regional issues, including maritime differences, peacefully and in accordance with worldwide law.

U.S. President Barack Obama says the emerging global climate agreement must have transparency provisions and periodic reviews of carbon-cutting targets that are legally binding. In all, 195 countries are part of the unwieldy negotiating process, with a variety of leadership styles and ideologies that has made consensus elusive in the past.

McConnell has accused Obama of seeking to implement his Clean Energy Plan “by executive fiat”, and has warned that the result could be the elimination of 250,000 jobs and higher energy costs in more than 40 states.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the United Nations (UN) climate change conference in Paris, France, Nov. 30, 2015.

“Countries should be allowed to seek their own solutions, according to their national interest”, he said.

Obama will also hold separate talks Monday with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That’s key to reducing the amount of carbon released worldwide, which scientists say is causing the world’s oceans to warm and rise and the world’s weather to change in ways that affect billions of people. There is no disputing global warming and the best opportunity to tackle it has arrived.

“In the immediate aftermath of the bad attack that happened here in Paris, sometimes it’s natural for people to despair”.

His statement was a boost to climate negotiators seeking a tough accord.

The United States did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol and dropped out of it completely in 2001. Arvind Subramanian, the Indian government’s chief economic adviser, replied that such an attitude was “climate imperialism” that would “spell disaster for India and other developing countries”. “A global goal for adaptation must be part of the agreement”.