COP21 update - highlights of the final draft agreement
Sou | 11:05 PM
In case you missed the live streaming of the final draft COP21 agreement, here are some of the key points. These are taken from the stirring speeches from the COP21 President H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and the President of France François Hollande.
Some highlights from the final draft agreement
Some of the main elements of the final draft agreement are:
Keep well below 2C, and aim for no more than 1.5CLegally binding - a universal legal agreementDifferentiated, depending on the circumstances and capacity of each nationUpdated / stocktake every five yearsIncludes an increased role for adaptation to climate changeCooperation on loss and damage - $1 billion a year at the base level to be be reviewed by 2025 (I think)Caters for: island states re sea level, Africa re development, South America re forest protectionAlso addressing food security, public health, poverty and peace.
What was said
To give a flavour of how the three speakers urged the world to come to an agreement (not word for word precisely - some via translation and hindered by my note-taking)
COP21 President H.E. Mr. Laurent Fabius
Although not everyone will have got everything they wanted, we need to show the world that the whole is worth more than the sum of individual contributions.The best possible balancePowerful yet delicate(If we do not come to agreement) our children would not understand or forgive us.Leave no doubt on the sincerity of our commitment.Quoting Nelson Mandela "It always seems impossible until it's done." and "Success is built collectively."The world is holding its breath - it counts on all of us.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Promises to set the world on a new path to climate resilienceThe end is in sightNature is sending urgent signalsWe must protect the planet that sustains usThis is an immense opportunity of a clean energy, climate-resistant futureRise as one to the climate challengeOurs for the grasping.
President of France François Hollande
We have to take that last step [on reaching this agreement][This agreement is] ambitious but also realistic.A choice for your country, your continent, but also for the world.What brings everyone together is the planet itselfUnprecedented in climate negotiations
What next?
The plan is for the meeting to reconvene at around 3:45 pm Paris time, after delegates have looked at the final draft, which is currently being translated.
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