An interesting and important report about the last minute negotiations in Paris.
How the pact was won with a 'typo' tweakThe US had threatened to walk out if 'shall' was not replaced with 'should' http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/when-a-typo-saved-the-climate-change-summit-from-the-brink-of-collapse-115121300690_1.html On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Jennifer Allan <[email protected] > wrote: > 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] >> > -- Prakash Kashwan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science University of Connecticut 365 Fairfield Way, Storrs, CT 06269 Phone: 860-486-7951 https://uconn.academia.edu/PrakashKashwan <http://homepages.uconn.edu/kashwan> -- 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.
