Kerry mocks climate change doubters

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters in Washington that the US President is closely following the developments in Paris where more than 180 countries are trying to thrash a deal on climate change.

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.

Franken said that he talked to USA negotiators about the idea of “transparency regimes”.

European Climate Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete told journalists that developed countries now account for under 35 percent of global emissions.

They want a new climate agreement in Paris to recognize a more diverse pool of climate finance “donor countries” who will contribute to the goal of raising $100 billion a year by 2020 and more in the years beyond to help developing nations grow and cope with the effects of climate change.

It would send an important signal to entrepreneurs, businesses, investors and governments to say that we are now willing to shift some of the trillions invested in fossil fuels to investments for a low carbon world – such as investments in clean energy and resilience. The capital is capable of moving wheresignal of the marketplace will ask to go after Paris, he added.

“Whether the text will also take into account a very justifiable request from the most vulnerable countries to improve on those efforts, it remains to be seen how that is going to be handled”, said United Nations climate chief Christiana Figueres.

Meanwhile, rich nations are insisting that developing giants work harder to tackle their greenhouse gases, noting that much of the world’s emissions come from their fast-growing economies.

“The Paris Agreement must provide a pathway to survival for every country”, de Brum said.

Earnest did not elaborate about Tuesday’s call, but says the US has played a leading role in securing emissions commitments from other nations and that the administration is optimistic about the outcome of the climate conference.

Secretary of State John F. Kerry, in France to lead the USA delegation, described broad momentum toward an accord but also warned of “sharp” differences that would have to be overcome if a deal is to be reached before the talks’ scheduled conclusion on Friday. “We’ve been absorbing the punches and we will continue to receive these punches as the planet continues to warm”, de Guzman said.

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.

The latest bout of pollution in Beijing was the first to trigger a red alert under a two-year-old system. This is also an issue of concern for Brazil and other BASIC countries.

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, who is the President of the summit, has created four different groups to sort out these contentious issues and each group is headed by two ministers, one each belonging to the developed and developing group of nations, civil society observers said.

“The small delegations of the poorest countries are being stretched, and it is vital that ministers ensure their voices are heard on critical issues like climate funding, as the deadline for the Paris deal looms”.