Conference of Parties - #COP21
Live news and updates from the Conference of Parties - #COP21 The 2015 Paris Climate Conference
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of the State of Holy See "COP21 is a crucial stage in a process which will definitely not end in 2015. This agreement needs to set up commitment review processes and follow up procedures which seek gradually to increase our level of our ambition and ensure proper monitoring" .... "The pope encourages us to ensure COP21 lea ds to an adopting of an agreement with a clear ethical orientation transmitting clear signals to all stakeholders" - Reuters reporter. -
(L-R) Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, U.S. President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a meeting to launch the 'Mission Innovation: Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution' on the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Ian Langsdon/Pool
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) talks with French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal as they attend a meeting on Carbon Pricing on the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny:Ran into an old friend at @COP21. Tackling climate change takes all of us. IRE is determined to play its part #COP21 https://t.co/3ALuWCb79n
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi: "I am convinced that achieving an agreement in Paris is within reach.".@narendramodi "Je suis convaincu que parvenir à un accord à Paris est à notre portée" #COP21 https://t.co/uot83oV3BT
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Habib Essid, Prime Minister of Tunisia: "The industrial revolution ... that brought about better living standards lacked one thing - the human dimension. because of this today we need to remedy the wrong that occurred." "Climate change is embodied in the new Tunisian constitution" - Reuters reporter
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Meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Moises Humala Tasso: signing documents on strategic partnership https://t.co/S8WeEmmVUC6:34 PM - 30 Nov 2015
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Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Russia-Israel cooperation, fighting terrorism https://t.co/OGo7AdGlvi6:29 PM - 30 Nov 2015- Reply
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India's Modi says developing nations need space to grow
PARIS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Developing countries need room todevelop while fighting climate change, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi told delegates at the start of two weeks of U.N. talks in Paris on Monday.
"The prosperous still have a strong carbon footprint and the world's billions at the bottom of the development ladder are seeking space to grow. So the choices are not easy," Modi said.
Earlier, he held talks with U.S. President Barack Obama during which Modi pledged to ensure India's development would go "hand in hand" with environmental protection, while Obama acknowledged India's right to grow and fight poverty.
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"The future of my children and your children are on the hands if a bunch of old men." -@RalienBekkers at #COP21 https://t.co/CeYxWfoLu0
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World Bank, six nations call for a price on carbon
ReutersThe leaders of six countries including France and Mexico, as well as the heads of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, on Monday urged other nations and big corporations to put a price on carbon emissions. -
Peter Paire O'Neill, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (leader of Pacific Island leaders alliance): "We are the home of the first climate change refugees. People from xx islands have been forced to leave their homes because of rising sea levels. There are entire island nations facing extinction. Their people will become refugees losing tens of thousands of years of culture and tradition. These countries like others have teh right to exist in this world." - Reuters reporter.
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In case you were wondering what it might be like to give a speech at #COP21 here's a view from one of… instagram.com
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Rainfall in 67 years of Israel's existence has halved, says PM Netanyahu #COP21 https://t.co/sZCKLvtdwD
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the summit to lash out at Palestine “Those who are committed to peace must fight incitement, must speak the truth. If President Abbas is committed to peace he must stop inciting his people against Israel and start condemning the murder of innocents in Israel."
"Today we must focus on the security, not just of the nations of the world , but of the world itself."
...."As Israel is playing a leading role in fighting climate change, we are also playing a leading role in addressing climate change. This is a pivotal issue of our times." - Reuters reporter. -
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World headed towards "suicide" if no climate agreement - pope
- Pope returns to Rome after African trip
- Holds trademark airborne news conference
- Speaks of climate change, Africa, development
- Says Paris summit is the last chance to thwart disaster
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, Nov 30 The U.N. climate conference in Paris is most likely humanity's last chance to thwart global environmental disaster, Pope Francis said on Monday, warning the world was "at the limits of suicide".
The pope, who wrote a major document on the environment last June, made the comment in an hour-long news conference aboard the plane returning him to Rome at the end of a six-day trip to Africa.
The freewheeling conversations have become a trademark of his papacy and the few times he takes direct questions from journalists.
Francis, who visited Kenya, Uganda and the Central African Republic, also said the continent was "a martyr of exploitation" by wealthy countries who lust after its natural resources and try to impose Western values instead of concentrating on development.
The pope was asked if the U.N. climate summit in Paris would mark a turnaround in the fight against global warming.
"I am not sure, but I can say to you 'now or never'," he said. "Every year the problems are getting worse. We are at the limits. If I may use a strong word I would say that we are at the limits of suicide."
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As the first-day speeches continue at #COP21 so do the journalists. Across the way there are more… instagram.com
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(L-R) Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, French President Francois Hollande, Brazil's President Dilma Roussef, and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet attend a meeting to launch the 'Mission Innovation: Accelerating the Clean Energy Revolution' on the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015:
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The ecological perspective should become an instrument for social change https://t.co/kScw5ArTYJ #COP21 https://t.co/cjbGLWXSK2
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On why President Obama went over time (according to Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser):There is always a unique interest in what the president of the united states has to say about an issue of global importance...I think people were paying careful attention about the messages he was sending about the type of agreement we're trying to reach"
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U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande (R) dine together at L'Ambroisie restaurant in Paris November 30, 2015. World leaders gathered in Paris today for the start of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21). REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
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Dinner in the media room. #COP21 instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 11/30/2015 7:53:47 PM -
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) sits with French President Francois Hollande (R) during a dinner with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2ndR), French Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy Segolene Royal (3rdR) and French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius (2ndL) at the Ambroisie restaurant in Paris, France, November 30, 2015. Obama is in France for a two-day visit as part of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21). REUTERS/Thibault Camus/Poo
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Ban Ki-moon launches global climate #resilience initiative at #COP21, involving UN agencies, biz & governments #A2R https://t.co/pBQH1dnWAT8:59 PM - 30 Nov 2015
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World leaders open Paris climate change talks
Some 150 world leaders from U.S. President Barack Obama to Prime Minister Enele Sosene Sopoaga of Tuvalu gathered in Paris on Monday to open a summit meant to secure the world's most ambitious pact on climate change.
Here are some of the key things we've heard so far:
U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA:
"As the leader of the world's largest economy and the second largest (greenhouse gas) emitter ... the United States of America not only recognises our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it."
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING:
Xi said it was crucial the climate talks addressed economic differences between nations and allowed different countries to develop their own solutions to the problem of global warming.
"It is important to respect the differences among countries, especially developing countries," he said.
ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT RAFAEL CORREA:
"An environmental debt needs to be paid." An international court for environmental justice should be set up.
"It is not understandable that we have courts to force countries to pay financial debts but we do not have a court to enforce environmental debts."
PRINCE CHARLES OF BRITAIN:
"If the planet were a patient, we would have treated her long ago. You,ladies and gentlemen, have the power to put her on life support, and you must surely start the emergency procedures without further procrastination."
"Humanity faces many threats but none is greater than climate change.” he said. "In damaging our climate we are becoming the architects of our own destruction. We have the knowledge, the tools and the money (to solve the crisis)."
GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL:
The aim of the summit was "a binding U.N. framework" and a binding review mechanism to close the gap between the impact on global warming of promised measures and the work required to limit rising temperatures, she said.
U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON:
"I urge you to instruct your negotiators to choose the path of compromise and consensus. Bold climate action is in the national interest of every single country represented at this conference. The time for brinkmanship is over."
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN:
"We (Russia) have significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time we have managed to double our GDP. We have demonstrated that we can ensure economic development and take care of our environment at the same time."
ROBERT MUGABE, PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE:
"Developed countries are being miserly...they burden us for cleaning up the mess they have created."
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Obama met with Putin, plans to meet with Turkey's president at summit
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday and plans to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday at the climate summit in Paris, White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes said.
Ankara and Moscow remain locked in a dispute over Turkey's downing of a Russian jet at its border with Syria last week.
On the sidelines of the climate discussions, Obama expressed to Putin his regret over the death of the Russian pilot, Rhodes said, while emphasizing de-escalation with Turkey.
The plane downing triggered Moscow's deployment of an advanced missile system to Syria. -
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Modi says developing nations need space to grow
Developing countries need room to develop while fighting climate change, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told delegates at the start of two weeks of U.N. talks in Paris on Monday.
"The prosperous still have a strong carbon footprint and the world's billions at the bottom of the development ladder are seeking space to grow. So the choices are not easy," Modi said.
Earlier, he held talks with U.S. President Barack Obama during which Modi pledged to ensure India's development would go "hand in hand" with environmental protection, while Obama acknowledged India's right to grow and fight poverty. -
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France and India look to the sun to save the planet
France and India on Monday launched an international alliance seeking to mobilise more than a trillion dollars by 2030 and deliver clean, solar energy to some of the planet's poorest.
French President Francois Hollande, host of two weeks of U.N. talks, needs to win the support of nearly 200 nations if the summit is to forge a global deal to curb climate change.
In the past, India has been one of the obstacles to consensus as it pushes for leeway to allow its population of more than a billion to develop.
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Day two of #COP21 - I'll be traversing the halls as my colleagues cover the headlines. You can find it all here: live.reuters.com/Event/Conferen…by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 12/1/2015 8:25:52 AM
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Billionaires' clean energy initiative is short on details but could add thrust to clean energy moonshot: https://t.co/J4KgbuERYC #COP219:43 PM - 30 Nov 2015
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At the U.S. Centre waiting for a NASA talk to start. Meanwhile a heat map showing areas of change… www.instagram.com
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In the Indonesia pavillion a talk about forest fires, prevention, management and rescue. #COP21 www.instagram.com
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Around the world in a morning at #COP21 naturally there are many more to see later. www.instagram.com
by Jamillah Knowles via twitter 12/1/2015 9:35:53 AM
Hong Kong protests flare ahead of Xi meeting with city leader
HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas in late night street clashes with anti-government protesters, ahead of a potentially pivotal meeting between Hong Kong's leader and China's president in Beijing on Monday.