What To Expect At The Paris Climate Summit

Publishing its fifth carbon budget, the UK Committee on Climate Change has said the Government should continue on the lowest-cost path towards the legal requirement to reduce emissions by at least 80 per cent in 2050 and 57 per cent by 2028-2032.

For the first time, the Chinese president will attend and address the opening ceremony of the United Nations climate conference, joining an unprecedented gathering of world leaders to push for a pact to curb global warming.

The UN Framework on Climate Change was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, setting out a framework for action on GHG emissions.

Demonstrations are planned for Saturday and Sunday in cities as div-erse as London, New Delhi, Manila, Kyoto, and NY.

The document, which is being presented to the 102nd Session of the ACP Council of Ministers, notes that the fight against climate change must be tackled in an “urgent, cohesive and decisive manner at the global, regional and national levels, collectively by both developed and developing countries taking into consideration the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities”. The talks, which will last until December 11, are meant to bring together representatives of almost 200 nations to reach a global agreement limiting the production of greenhouse gases that have been stoking climate change. In response to the UN’s call, more than 166 countries, which collectively account for more than 90 per cent of emissions, have now submitted national climate plans with targets.

China has also issued joint statements on climate change with India, Brazil, the European Union and France.

Over the two weeks of CoP21, 147 heads of state will attempt to negotiate a global agreement to mitigate the potentially devastating effects of climate change.

It must include regular five year cycles for governments to assess and strengthen their national climate plans in line with what science demands.

“This will highlight the stakes involved at the Paris talks”, Rhodes said, “given the existential challenge that these countries face from rising sea levels”.

That is why I care so deeply about climate change, ” he concluded. On the other hand, clean technologies such as electric vehicles and solar power may become cheaper as more investment is funnelled into these industries.

Keeping the cuts cost-effective would require changes across sectors, beginning at home, with insulation installed in the majority of United Kingdom houses, and around one in seven houses fitted with low carbon heat sources by the 2030s.

China’s generous offer was a new move by the country and received very positive echoes, she said.

“The state of the global climate in 2015 will make history for a number of reasons”, WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud said, noting that this year’s climate has also been affected by El Niño, a cyclical weather pattern of devastating droughts and catastrophic floods that can affect scores of millions of people around the globe.

The speakers included Helga Ahmad, Aisha Khan, Jeremy Higgs, Umer Adnan and Adil Najam, and talked about successful adaptation methods, innovative green energy efficient technologies, renewable energy systems proven successful in Pakistan, and shared their personal stories and commitment to the cause.