Global climate conference adopts historic deal

There was unanimous agreement about this including from Saudi Arabia, China, India, and the USA.

Moments earlier, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius had opened the session amid applause.

Javadekar, however also said the agreement could have been more ambitious as the actions of developed nations are “far below” than their historical responsibilities and fair shares.

The crux of the climate change deal is the elimination of fossils fuels such as coal, oil and gas, to be replaced with renewable energy options and the creation of carbon markets to enable countries to trade emissions.

“Our collective effort is worth more than the sum of our individual effort”.

“Today is a historic day”.

He accused the Prime Minister of failing to show the leadership the agreement demanded.

Rwanda on Monday praised a historic climate change agreement approved Saturday in Paris, saying fighting climate change is not a choice between development and the environment, but about ensuring development gains can be sustained for generations to come.

Nevertheless the deal has backing from 195 countries, nearly 190 of whom have submitted plans for the action they will take against climate change – with Venezuela bringing the total to 188 when it submitted its pledge on Saturday night after the deal was struck.

Brown spent five days at the conference in Paris, during which time he met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, China’s Special Envoy on Climate Change Xie Zhenhua and U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz.

As previously agreed, all developed countries will collectively mobilise $100 billion per year from both the public and private sector, to help the poorest and most vulnerable countries to protect themselves from the effects of climate change and support low carbon development.

The accord sends a clear signal that the global economy is shifting to low-emission growth and contains strong accountability and transparency measures, he said.

President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry hailed the newly passed worldwide climate change agreement as a major achievement that could help turn the tide on global warming, but got a quick reminder that Republicans will fight it all the way.

The country’s engagements were kicked off by Modi himself here, as global leaders this time converged at the beginning of the conference as opposed to attending the closing plenaries, as has been the practice in the past.

He said that India was happy that the agreement has “unequivocally” acknowledged the imperative of climate justice, which reflects common sentiment and has based itself on the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities.