Wealthy nations urged to increase climate aid

The event and their trip is sponsored by Guardians of the Aquifer, Nebraska Wildlife Association, Nebraska Chapter of the United Nations Association, Nebraskans for Peace, Bold Nebraska, Energy Linc, Interfaith Power and Light, Nebraska Farmers Union and Citizens Climate Lobby.

“I believe we can find a comprehensive, ambitious, legally binding agreement with no person left behind”.

He had also met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.

It doesn’t resolve the question of the long-term goal of the accord-whether it is to remove carbon emissions from the economy altogether or just reduce them.

Finally, Mr. Ban addressed all the private sector leaders in the room, telling them that as they leave Paris, he hopes they will carry with them a clear message to their consumers, employees, peers – and Governments – “that how we do business today will determine if we can do business in the future”.

“The opportunity to rise to the call of history is not given to everyone or every day”, United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres told the conference on the northern outskirts of the French capital. Also up for negotiation.

“I think the stage is set, I think the attitude is now there”, he said.

But the remaining disputes over the language reflect fundamental disagreements about which countries should shoulder the cost of moving the world to a low-carbon energy system. Others cheered the report.

“The world is expecting more from you than half-measures and incremental approaches”.

Poorer countries such as India argue they should not have to shoulder most of the burden for cutting greenhouse gases emissions because it is the richer nations that caused the problem in the first place. Developing nations are resisting attempts by rich countries to fold in existing climate-related spending to reach the $100 billion threshold.

Ministers from around the planet Monday launched a five-day scramble in Paris to answer “the call of history” and strike a deal to spare mankind from climate disaster. We must ask ourselves, what kind of world do we want for our children, and our children’s children?

Touching on the sensitive issue of who should do what, Ban said wealthy nations must agree to lead, while “developing countries need to assume increasing responsibility in line with their capabilities”.

Fatih Birol said in Paris that “Last year, about half of all the new power plants were renewables”, with the rest going to coal, oil, gas and nuclear plants.

“Are we there yet, at 100 billion?”

He said “We would like to see fossil fuel subsidies phased out”.

Kerry has made combatting climate change a priority project since he became secretary of state, and sounded familiar themes.

“We must prepare to be working all night and tomorrow-probably continuously”, Fabius said. He did not elaborate.

And Xie said while the Brics countries supported regular stock taking and review, “the process must be facilitative, so through such process countries can learn from each others’ best practices…so during this process there should be a mechanism to provide incentives to parties and… the voluntary process… should be non-intrusive and non-punitive”.

U.S Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his speech during a news conference at the COP21 Climate Conference in Le Bourget, north of Paris, France, Wednesday, Dec. 9 2015.

The plan is crucial to the USA effort to reduce heat-trapping emissions by up to 28 percent from 2005 levels within 10 years and is a key part of negotiations here.

Kerry is in Paris to attend United Nations climate talks aimed at producing an agreement by the end of the week to fight global warming. At the same time, the US economy has expanded, proving that growth is not inextricably linked to carbon output.

Making sure ambition can be raised is key to achieving the 2C limit – beyond which “dangerous” climate change is expected – as current pledges by countries for climate action will only put the world on a path to around 3C. And thousands of businesses worldwide are joining forces with the We Mean Business Coalition in support of climate policy action.

“We’re all like this about Paris”, he said.

They are likely to be included in a new worldwide framework to tackle global warming, now under discussion in Paris.