Host of UN climate talks asks Trump to show ‘pragmatism’

He added that China’s objective would remain unchanged and urged the developed countries to “re-read” the Paris Agreement and speed up the financial support that they have to.

“Delegates from donor countries were excited about Indonesia and expressed intentions to initiate cooperation”.

The 196-nation forum was stunned to see an avowed climate change denier capture the White House, and has been left to ponder the impact that could have on their collective effort to beat back the threat of global warming.

Without mentioning Donald Trump by name, Kerry’s speech at the United Nations climate talks was partly aimed at the Republican president-elect who has called global warming a “hoax” and has pledged to “cancel” the Paris deal limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Indonesia, in aiming to cut emissions by 29 percent by 2030 or 41 percent with worldwide support, has submitted its first nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which elaborate on strategies to reach the goals.

“We want the USA economy to be energy efficient and powered by low-carbon energy”, the letter reads.

Civil Society Movement participating in the Conference of Parties in Marrakech bid the United Nations Secretary General, farewell as he prepares to end his term of office at the end of the year.

Almost 200 nations on Friday reaffirmed their political commitment to a global climate deal that is “irreversible” at the ongoing UN climate talks that were mostly overshadowed by US President-elect Donald Trump’s comments to cut off funding to climate change programmes.

We will continue to take bold action to achieve the targets set in the Paris agreement. However, without the support of the leader of the second largest emitter in the world, the goal might be very hard to obtain.

Whatever issues India had to incorporate, they agreed to it.

“Developed countries should fulfill their commitments, especially the financial support for developing countries”, Xie said, referring to the annual 100 billion US dollars promised in 2009.

Negotiators from almost 200 countries wrapped up two weeks of talks Saturday vowing to press ahead with the fight against climate change – with or without the help of the next USA president.

“Climate change is not going to wait for U.S. action and the rest of the world is clear it is moving forward”, said Benjamin Schreiber of Friends of the Earth U.S. “Trump’s election must unify the world in treating the U.S.as a climate pariah, and respond to his Presidency by redoubling ambition”.

There is a rich history of collaboration on climate action, and we believe the time is now for companies and countries to start thinking about a 1.5C world, and what the implications of it could be.

Trump’s election has recalled the shock of 2001, when George W Bush refused to ratify the Paris Agreement’s predecessor, the Kyoto Protocol.

In addition to the proclamation, an alliance of 47 of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, such as Ethiopia and the Marshall Islands, committed to transforming their economies to rely 100 percent on renewable power “as rapidly as possible”.