Conference of Parties - #COP21
Live news and updates from the Conference of Parties - #COP21 The 2015 Paris Climate Conference
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Key quotes from the opening session so far:- French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, president of the meeting, urged delegates to work hard so that they could say “mission accomplished” by Dec. 11. “Success is not yet achieved, but it is within reach,” he told delegates.
- “We stand with Paris,” Christiana Figueres, the U.N.’s climate chief, told delegates, referring to the Islamic State attacks that killed 130 people.
- “In the face of adversity, in the face of threats of many kinds, Paris must be the place the world unites as one,” Figueres said. “This past year has been a turning point,” she said, saying
there was growing momentum for action to limit climate change. - She said there should be agreed milestones, predictable timelines aligned with science.
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President Jacob Zuma during the opening of the @COP21 to the UNFCCC in Paris, France. https://t.co/NV98KMjxlR
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World needs to go "much faster, much further" to slow warming – U.N.'s Ban
U.N. Secretary General Bank Ki-moon called on world leaders at the start of two weeks of climate talks in Paris to accelerate action to avert a dangerous rise in temperatures.
National emissions pledges from more than 180 nations were, he said, a very good start, but were not enough to curb global warming at the 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) limit scientists say can prevent the worst consequences.
"Paris must mark a decisive turning point," he said. "We need to go much faster, much further if we are to limit the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius." -
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Youth delegate to UN climate negotiations Adam Greenberg shares his jam-packed calendar on Twitter:You can tell it's day 1 of #COP21 when your calendar looks like this:
Wow,6am is totally devoid of meetings! #UNFCCC https://t.co/eSprBkW2Um
10:50 AM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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Heard at COP21:Fights with #climate change, terrorism linked; world peace at stake at #COP21 - France's #Hollande https://t.co/On73QmE79D10:54 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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World needs to go "much faster, much further" to slow global warming, @UN's Ban tells #COP21 https://t.co/pAGCo1ekQa #climate10:53 AM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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Arrangements for allowing civil society groups acccess to spin-off groups at #COP21 not yet fixed, still under discussion, NGOs say10:49 AM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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Important that citizens hold governments to account on #climate commitments made at #COP21 - #Oxfam's @tim_e_gore10:28 AM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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In this area, reporters do their pieces to camera, updating the news headlines sometimes live and… instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter edited by elizabeth.culliford 11/30/2015 11:11:25 AM -
Here's where reporters and editors work on filing back material and logistics. It's a fairly intense… instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter edited by elizabeth.culliford 11/30/2015 11:11:27 AM -
It looks really plain but the world's media wires are set up on this corridor. You can see Reuters… instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter edited by elizabeth.culliford 11/30/2015 11:11:30 AM -
A woman reports in Russian from the Media centre #COP21 instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter edited by elizabeth.culliford 11/30/2015 11:11:32 AM -
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Fights with climate change, terrorism linked - Hollande
The fights against terrorism and global warming are closely linked, French President Francois Hollande said as world leaders met in Paris for climate change talks two weeks after deadly Islamist militant attacks in the French capital.
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A press pen patiently awaits statements on the India @ COP Climate action stand #COP21 instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 11:21:51 AM -
Some folks do security, others wrangle enormous bunch of flowers logistics #COP21 instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 11:23:44 AM -
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) chats with Britain's Prince Charles (2 nd L), Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (L) and Prince Albert II of Monaco as they arrive for a family photo during the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015
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Fewer members of the press are allowed though these doors into the Plenary area as you can tell. But… instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 11:35:19 AM -
And here's the other side. Can't see much but a corridor where delegates get in, lots of security and… instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 11:36:52 AM -
Fights against climate change, terrorism linked - Hollande
Reuters UKThe fights against terrorism and global warming are closely linked, French President Francois Hollande said on Monday as world leaders met in Paris for climate change talks two weeks after deadly Islamist militant attacks in France's capital. -
I can't separate the fight with terrorism from the fight against global warming.
These are two big global challenges we have to face up to, because we have to leave our children more than a world freed of terror, we also owe them a planet protected from catastrophes."
- French President Francois Hollande, speaking at the opening of the COP21 talks in Paris. -
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King Abdullah II of Jordan meets with EU Commissioner Jean-Claude Juncker:11:31 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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Folks without access to the main speeches can follow along via screens in various parts of the… instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 11:56:08 AM -
U.S. President Barack Obama addresses COP21:.@POTUS:"We are the 1st generation to feel #ClimateChange & the last that can do something about it" #COP21 #GoCOP21 https://t.co/1inHxJhriC
11:54 AM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason:Obama: the US recognizes its role in creating the climate change problem, embraces its responsibility to curb it11:52 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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Thomson Reuters Foundation correspondent Megan Rowling:Obama: at #COP21 need to put in place framework for human progess, incl regularly updated targets, strong system of transparency & support11:56 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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Obama at #COP21 says US will pledge new contribution to #climate risk initiative to protect vulnerable countries Tues11:57 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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@POTUS has spoken over 10 minutes at Paris climate talks. A bell is signaling him that he has reached his time. https://t.co/RgagU48mk3
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I don't think Obama can hear the bell telling him his time is up...#COP2111:59 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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#Obama hints at new strategy to help #climate vulnerable when he meets Pacific leaders on Tuesday - poss #lossanddamage offer on table?11:59 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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Looks like the animal sculptures are providing good company for reporters. #COP21 instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 12:02:03 PM -
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Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan at a climate summit in Paris on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Peskov said Putin was likely to talk to U.S. President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the summit.
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Mugabe: "Developed countries are being miserly... they burden us for cleaning up the mess they have created." https://t.co/vf040dQHjO
12:07 PM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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Obama: at #COP21 need to put in place framework for human progess, incl regularly updated targets, strong system of transparency & support11:56 AM - 30 Nov 2015
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Obama at #COP21 says US will pledge new contribution to #climate risk initiative to protect vulnerable countries Tues11:57 AM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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At #COP21, governments should work for world that is worthy of our children, safer and more prosperous, more secure and more free: Obama12:03 PM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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Xi Jinping "l'accord de Paris doit nous permettre de mutualiser nos efforts face au réchauffement climatique" #COP21 https://t.co/2Hk4rmiws9
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U.S. threatens Syria, says Assad is planning chemical weapons attack
WASHINGTON The White House warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday that he and his military would "pay a heavy price" if it conducted a chemical weapons attack and said the United States had reason to believe such preparations were underway.