Paris Climate Talks – Update & Key Disputes

09/12/2015 Stephen CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, developing world, global warming, News, sustainability climate, co2, coal, cop21, fossil fuel, global warming, oil sands, Paris

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Late Wednesday night for over 3 hours dozens of countries’ stated the draft Paris Agreement is a great start but… x, y and z need fixing.

And so informal groups are meeting overnight to find compromises on a number of key issues. In the morning a new revised draft Paris Agreement will be released. There will still be bracketed issue.

Expect negotiations to go into the weekend.

Key Issues in Dispute

* Developing countries want a strong and separate article for the Warsaw International Mechanism for loss and damage associated with climate change impacts

* Finance – who’s going to pay and by when. More $$ from rich nations will be needed

* Differentiation – who has to do what

* Ambition – what’s the long-term temperature goal

* Response measures -what to do when measures to address climate change hurt fossil fuel-dependent economies ie Saudi Arabia

First published on the Climate News Mosaic Paris Climate Talks Live Blog available here:

Inter Press Service News Agency (International)
DeSmog Blog (Seattle)
Philippine EnviroNews (Philippines)
Earth Journalism (International)
Watson (Switzerland)
Skeptical Science (International)

Paris Climate Talks: Illegal March Sat – Start of “Red Line” Global Protests

09/12/201509/12/2015 Stephen CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, Energy, global warming, Media, News co2, cop21, Environment, fossil fuel, Paris, protests, red lines, tar sands

Screen Shot 2015-12-09 at 11.09.25 AM.jpg — Illegal March Planned for Sat Dec 12 in Paris Credit: 350.org

Breaking: Climate March Planned for Paris this Saturday, at noon <

According to 350.org “thousands of people will gather in the streets of Paris carrying red flowers to honour past and future victims of climate change”.

Marches are illegal in Paris under current security measures. Where people will gather and march is being kept a secret.Details will be posted here

Oganizers say they plan to unfurl over 100 meters of red fabric to form a giant red line down a major boulevard. The flowers will include more than 5,000 red tulips that will be laid down along the line.

This “Red Lines” action is the launch of a new wave of what some activists call “climate disobedience,” civil disobedience actions that challenge the fossil fuel industry, often at major infrastructure projects like coal mines or pipelines.

On Thursday, campaigners at COP21 will announce a major mobilization planned for May 2016 called “Break Free,” when people around the world will take on some of the worst fossil fuel projects in their region.

Protests Escalate in Paris: Beginning of “Red Lines” Protests

10 Arrested at Louvre Wednesday

Sit down protest inside COP 21 ongoing

Police remove protestors at “Solutions 21” event in Paris

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Paris Climate Talks – Breaking: Options for Global Target 1.5C

09/12/201509/12/2015 Stephen CLIMATE CHANGE/GLOBAL WARMING, Energy, global warming, News, sustainability climate, co2, coal, cop21, fossil fuel, global warming, oil, Paris

Final President’s Draft Just Released

At 3pm CET Dec 9 the President’s draft was released. It’s much shorter at 29 pages. A quick glance reveals perhaps two dozen brackets down from 800 a few days ago.

Parties will review this new next and reconvene the plenary at 8 pm CET to figure out how to resolve the remaining contested issues.

On the Contentious Issue of 1.5 vs 2.0C

— 3 options still to debate — see below

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