Trudeau to press India on climate change in Paris

Trudeau has an ambitious foreign policy agenda, pledging new action at the upcoming Paris climate summit, abandoning tentative plans for Canada to buy F-35 fighters from and removing Canada’s jets from the bombing campaign against Islamic State militants.

On Friday the monarch opened a summit of the 53-nation Commonwealth of Britain and many of its former colonies.

The negotiations are taking place under the banner of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a 195-nation forum where decisions are adopted by consensus. Rather, it’s about agreeing to a framework of ambitious action, transparency, climate financing, and committing to regular reviews every five years to improve on targets and emissions-reduction capabilities, he said.

At the 2009 United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, then-environment minister Rob Renner lead the Alberta delegation on behalf of the Progressive Conservative government.

The nonprofit news organisation has recently released a series of videos ahead of the climate change summit in Paris on how the world’s biggest cities including New York, Melbourne, London and Tokyo will be impacted by rising sea levels.

Trudeau later announced Canada is providing $15.3 million over the next four years to help young Africans develop “entrepreneurial” and technology skills.

Trudeau noted that Canada’s positive contribution will support the transition to low-carbon economies that are both sustainable and more resilient.

He said Canada faces a constant debate between those “who would have us retrench, close ranks, build walls” and those who recognize that the country’s strength lies in its multicultural, polyglot nature. “Putting it off until tomorrow has gotten us in trouble before and will continue to, and that’s why I think it’s really important to act now in Paris”.

French President Francois Hollande is to make an extraordinary address to the leaders here Friday in what appears to be the first appearance by a French head of state at the biennial Commonwealth meeting – a gathering of countries formerly under British rule.

“We have already seen very good advances when it comes to the provinces and territories coming up with their climate change plans”.

Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday wrapped up a nostalgic visit to Malta, her one-time home, where she joked that Canada’s youthful new leader had made her feel old.

The 53-nation bloc, including India, agreed to work towards a legally-binding outcome at the COP21 and said the climate change challenge could only be met by an urgent global response.