In Paris, summed up the climate summit

In Paris, representatives of 195 countries adopted a new UN Climate Framework Agreement binding on all. It must determine the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and measures to prevent climate change. Participating countries must provide specific rules on these issues by 2020.

“This is the beginning of a new phase of global action on greenhouse gas emissions and adaptation to climate change. The agreement is weaker than the demands of environmentalists and the most vulnerable countries, but much better than inaction,” Alexey Kokorin, head of the Climate and Energy program of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Russia, told ria.ru.

As a result of the negotiations, developed countries allocated 300 millions of dollars to insure property and people’s lives during natural disasters. First of all, we are talking about the Asia-Pacific region. The multibillion-dollar flow of funds has already gone to the Green Climate Fund and other financial institutions supporting projects in weak and vulnerable countries.

However, the summit participants did not solve the main problem of reducing carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.

“It was not possible to write down clear language in the agreement due to the resistance of a number of developing countries. They fear this is a path to a global carbon tax or other instruments that are not beneficial to their economies. In fact, this issue “went” into the rules of the new agreement,” noted Alexey Kokorin.

In essence, the new agreement is a formality. It does not involve a transition away from fossil fuels, and total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are not limited, the document notes.

Barack Obama today said that it is thanks to American leadership that almost every country in the world has signed an agreement on climate change. “This is the greatest event,” the US President wrote on his Twitter page. Obama's speech is scheduled on the White House website at 17.30:XNUMX p.m., in which he will draw attention to the problems of climate change.

Previously, the "Forum" wrote that really happening at the climate summit in Paris.