COP21: new draft accord raises hopes of sealing climate deal
- 8 years ago
The heat is on to seal a deal on the final day of the COP21 climate conference in Paris.
After lots of talking in the French capital, a new draft accord has been produced.
It seems governments have made progress on some issues, but there is still disagreement on others, including the monitoring of emission cuts.
“We want an agreement. We are close to the goal. We must then show responsibility in order to find, in the coming hours, a universal, common ground. In brief, it’s time to conclude,” said Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister.
The new draft suggests negotiators have settled on a long-term goal of keeping global warming “well below” a rise of two degrees Celsius – pursuing efforts to achieve a limit of 1.5.
“I think there is a strategy to oblige States to finally expose themselves,” said Alix Mazounie, from RAC France, which represents climate action organisations.
“If they want to be responsible for a failure in Paris, now they have to say it out loud. They ar
After lots of talking in the French capital, a new draft accord has been produced.
It seems governments have made progress on some issues, but there is still disagreement on others, including the monitoring of emission cuts.
“We want an agreement. We are close to the goal. We must then show responsibility in order to find, in the coming hours, a universal, common ground. In brief, it’s time to conclude,” said Laurent Fabius, French Foreign Minister.
The new draft suggests negotiators have settled on a long-term goal of keeping global warming “well below” a rise of two degrees Celsius – pursuing efforts to achieve a limit of 1.5.
“I think there is a strategy to oblige States to finally expose themselves,” said Alix Mazounie, from RAC France, which represents climate action organisations.
“If they want to be responsible for a failure in Paris, now they have to say it out loud. They ar