From 30 November to
11 December 2015, Paris aims to continue their plans to hold the 21st
Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (COP21/CMP11). It is also known as the 2015 Paris Climate Change
Conference.
The conference aims
to result in an international climate agreement to limit global warming to
below 2 degrees Celsius (compared with the pre-industrial era – about 1850). There
are 196 signatories (195 country States plus the European Union) will be
attending. France will facilitate the debate between country States to adopt an
agreement.
Before the conference
each country was required to publish its national contribution on their efforts
to achieve progress towards mitigating global warming. Each countries’ efforts
are called intended national determined contributions (iNDC).
Another essential
goal in Paris is to mobilize 100 billion dollars (78 billion euros) each year –
contributed by all country States, the private sector, and international
organizations – from 2020. A milestone has been reached with the initial
capital of the Green Climate Fund, amounting to $9.3 billion, including nearly
$1 billion from France.
Many large-scale
initiatives have already been developed by non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), and other bodies, associations, and businesses. These initiatives are
called the Solutions Agenda.
The Solutions Agenda
includes initiatives to reduce litter and waste, limit carbon footprints, the
creation of jobs, the use of short supply chains, and optimized transportation.
MARTINA NICOLLS is an international
aid and development consultant, and the author of:- The Shortness of
Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet
(2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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