The climate change summit in Paris next week is a “powerful rebuke” to terrorists and shows the global resolve to fight them, US President Barack Obama has said.
The climate change summit in Paris next week is a “powerful rebuke” to terrorists and shows the global resolve to fight them, US President Barack Obama has said. Mr Oba-ma would be among the top world leaders who will attend the important global meet on climate change in Paris, the city which was rocked by ISIS terror attacks.
“And next week, I will be joining (French) President (Francois) Hollande and world leaders in Paris for the global climate conference. What a powerful rebuke to the terrorists it will be when the world stands as one and shows that we will not be deterred from building a better future for our children,” Mr Obama said at a White House news conference on Tuesday. Mr Obama saluted the people of Paris for showing the world how to stay strong in the face of terrorism.
Meanwhile, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Wednesday that China’s Pr-esident Xi Jinping will bring no new concessions to the negotiating table wh-en he attends key UN climate change talks in Paris next week. “The Paris conference is ...about narrowing differences and reaching agreement on the basis of the existing proposals,” he added.
China pledged in 2014 to peak carbon output by “around 2030” — suggesting at least another decade of growing emissions.
The Asian giant is estimated to have released nine to 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2013, nearly twice as much as the United States and around two and a half times the European Union figure.
World leaders will be in attendance in France “to lend political impetus” to the meeting but “are not there for negotiations”, vice foreign minister Liu Zhenmin told a briefing.
“The Paris conference is not about tabling new proposals — it’s about narrowing differences and reaching agreement on the basis of the existing proposals,” he added.
Mr Xi will have meetings with US President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the conference, Mr Liu said.
Campaigners portrayed Beijing as a villain of a failed previous summit in Copenhagen, where its officials resisted carbon reduction targets.
Mr Xi will be in Paris for the first day of the UN Conference of Parties (COP21) summit, which starts on Monday.
China is the world’s largest polluter and will be a key player at the meeting in the face of disputes over whether developed or developing countries should bear more of the burden for reducing emissions.
