Saturday, 12 December 2015

Live: Final climate text expected within hours

Oil producing countries and their allies are opposing the 1.5°C tighter temperature target over the 2°C favoured originally by many emerging economies.

Negotiators from more than 190 countries are aiming to create something that’s never been done before — an agreement to reduce man-made emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases and help the poorest adapt to rising seas, fiercer weather and other impacts of global warming.

The previous emissions treaty, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, only included the rich countries.


The text of the Climate Agreement, however, is still open, and issues such as finance, loss and damage, and transparency are not yet wrapped up. The negotiators and Ministers will be spending another night in the French capital, which has low single digit temperatures, to come up with a consensus by Saturday, when Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says he can present the deal. More...

Live updates (IST):

1.50 p.m.: Several environmental and human rights groups are planning protests around Paris on Saturday to call attention to populations threatened by man-made global warming and urge an end to human use of oil, gas and coal.

The protests are timed to coincide with the end of two weeks of climate talks outside Paris. Organizers are hoping to reach a final international accord sometime Saturday.

12:44 pm: Key issues which India has raised — like “sustainable lifestyle”, principles based on equity, and common but differentiated responsibilities as mentioned in the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) — is expected to find a place in the draft.

12:30 pm: Hollande will join the Paris climate talks

French President Francois Hollande will join the Paris climate talks as delegates debate what organisers hope is the final draft of an unprecedented agreement among all countries to fight global warming together.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has been leading plenary meetings at the two weeks of U.N. climate talks. Mr. Hollande’s presence will give extra weight to Saturday’s session.

12:12 pm:

A French official says a new, possibly final draft has been completed and will be presented to world negotiators outside Paris within hours.

The official said the text is being translated into other languages before being presented at a special meeting at the Paris climate talks at 4:00 p.m.

The last draft accord, released Thursday night, did not resolve several key issues, including how rich and developing countries would share the burden in fighting global warming.

11:56 am: In a bid to achieve the goal to curb temperature rise, nations have submitted their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC.

Pledges from 148 countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 are insufficient to limit global warming to 2 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. Here is a look at the INDCs of some of the major emitters.


11:05 am: Final draft text of Paris Climate Agreement ready, expected at 4:00 pm.

10:52 am:

What is causing global warming

There is an established link between the rising levels of Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and rising global temperatures. Here are two graphs that show the correlation between the two:

The first graph show the increase in concentration of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere between March 1958 and November 2015.

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