PARIS (AP) — The latest news related to the U.N. climate conference in Paris, which runs through Dec. 11. All times local:
10:50 a.m.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants the world’s wealthiest economies to take the lead in addressing climate change, with poorer countries increasingly playing a role.
Ban spoke to government ministers from around the world as Paris climate talks entered their crucial second week Monday, aimed at a lasting pact to fight global warming.
He says: “Developed countries must agree to lead, and developing countries need to assume increasing responsibility in line with their capabilities.”
He argued for an agreement that includes strong monitoring of government pledges, and funds to help vulnerable countries. He described meeting a young girl in the island nation of Kiribati who asked “What will become of us? What can the United Nations do for us?”
Negotiators submitted a 48-page draft agreement Saturday that is full of competing options, leaving it to ministers to work out sticking points over what different countries will do and how much it will cost.
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8:55 a.m.
India’s environment minister is urging industrialized nations to take strong action and make sacrifices to fight climate change, as Paris climate talks enter a second, crucial week.
Prakash Javadekar said in a statement Sunday night that “India is here to ensure that rich countries pay back their debt for overdraft that they have drawn on the carbon space.”
In a statement released in New Delhi, Javadekar warned that while negotiators were midway through the two-week climate talks, “substance-wise we are not midway but sometimes at crossroads.”
He said India was “determined” to ensure these talks are not like past climate summits, “where we all returned home with false optimism and fictitious hopes.”
Government ministers take over the negotiations in Paris Monday after technical teams submitted a draft accord Saturday on tackling global warming over the long term.
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