The latest developments from COP21 as the UN climate summit enters its penultimate day 1.02pm GMTClimateHome,a Guardian Environment Network partner and climate news site that closely follows the UN talks, has procured a transcript of overnight discussions.
The site has rounded up countries concerns in a very useful guide. Here are some of the key ones, and but achieve read the ClimateHome liveblog to see the full rush-down.
EUThis is an ambitious outcome with stronger language 12.56pm GMTPrince Charles,who addressed the opening ceremony here at Le Bourget, has said the floods caused by storms in northern England, and Scotland,and Northern Ireland were a reminder of the need to tackle climate change.
Damian Carrington has the story:“You can’t simply ‘adapt’ to the ever-increasing, unprecedented levels of rainfall, or ” said Charles. “Already the flood defences erected after the last floods a few years ago believe been overwhelmed.”“So how long must we wait before we tackle the root cause of an accelerating economic,social and environmental catastrophe?” he asked. “How long before people who should know better stop lobbying against the only sane course and, instead, and lobby to ‘re-wire’ our whole unfit-for-purpose economy?”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com