France to Assess COP21 Safety After Paris Terror Attacks

The final document known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) has been submitted by Pakistan at the UN Secretariat declaring what actions the country has taken or intends to take under a new global agreement expected to be reached at the UN Climate Change Conference scheduled for next month in the French capital.

A Paris webcast of an all-star marathon event about climate change was suspended after the deadly attacks in that city Friday night.

Overall, between 20,000 and 40,000 delegates are expected to attend.

“The COP21 [is] to be held”, said French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Saturday, speaking from Vienna, where he is participating in talks on Syria, according to Le Monde. Many groups are now reviewing their plans.

The government will hold a meeting to discuss security measures ahead of the climate change summit.

Nick Nuttall, the spokesman for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, told ClimateWire that the climate talks will be held as scheduled.

The Paris terror attack will not affect the forthcoming climate summit in the French capital per se where heads of states will assemble on November 30 to give political momentum to crucial climate negotiations, but it may impact events which are to be organized outside the conference venue or the “side” events within the premises.

“COP21 must go ahead”.

The site was chosen in part for security reasons.

While talking about technology transfer, he said that developed countries are of the opinion that the technology is the domain of private sector and governments have no role or authority to transfer it to developing countries.

The attacks have already canceled at least one Climate Summit-related event, when a 24-hour live concert and webcast put on by the Climate Reality Project, which is former Vice President Al Gore’s group, had to halt after broadcasting for several hours on Friday.