Dear colleagues, We are indeed close. I've heard that India and Malaysia are on board, albeit reluctantly. The lead negotiator for Malaysia was just heard saying that we have a deal "unless the US objects to their own draft."
You can watch the proceedings here: http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop21/channels/plenary-1 (It is available in English and Spanish, see the top right corner). Best, Jen On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Radoslav S Dimitrov < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear collegues, > > We are hours from adopting the Paris Agreement. Final meeting begins in 30 > minutes! Many main players have accepted the text. The island delegations > sang a song in their meeting. We keep fingers crossed that India, Malaysia, > Venezuela, some other Latin countries will, too. (They are ones most likely > to oppose it.) > > A few key elements: > > * Goal of limiting temperature rise "well below 2 degrees" and "pursue > efforts to limit to 1.5 degrees" > * No quantitative targets for 2050 but peak emissions as soon as possible > * Compromise language: "Each Party shall prepare, communicate and maintain > successive nationally determined mitigation contributions it intends to > achieve" > * Ensure increase in ambition of national policies over time > * Fairly strong monitoring and reporting of national actions > * Finance from all, with differentiation: Commitments on finance from > developed countries while developing countries like China are "encouraged > to provide financial support voluntarily" > > Watch top story in English from French television: > http://www.france24.com/en/20151212-draft-agreement-ready-paris-climate-summit-un-officials-say > > > Stay tuned! > > Rado Dimitrov > > Radoslav S. Dimitrov > Associate professor > Department of Political Science > University of Western Ontario > London, Ontario > Canada N6A 5C2 > Tel. +1 519-661-2111 ext. 85023 > > > -- > Radoslav S. Dimitrov, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Political Science > University of Western Ontario > Social Science Centre > London, Ontario > Canada N6A 5C2 > Tel. +1(519) 661-2111 ext. 85023 > Fax +1(519) 661-3904 > Email: [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "gep-ed" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
