It has been ages since I posted here
on my blog, but here is my two cents(2nd take) on the COP21 Agreement.
''It would be sad, and I dare say even catastrophic, were particular interests to prevail over the common good and lead to manipulating information in order to protect their own plans and projects.'' Pope Francis at UNEP, Nairobi prior to COP 21.
Excerpt from Guardian Online:
''It would be sad, and I dare say even catastrophic, were particular interests to prevail over the common good and lead to manipulating information in order to protect their own plans and projects.'' Pope Francis at UNEP, Nairobi prior to COP 21.
Excerpt from Guardian Online:
Loss
and Damage: Page 25 of the COP 21 Agreement,
“Parties recognize the importance of
averting,
minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects
of climate change, including extreme weather events
and slow onset events, and the role of sustainable development in reducing the
risk of loss and damage.”
Melissa Eddy, Berlin correspondent:
This is the first time the term
“loss and damage” has been included in an international agreement, meeting a
demand from smaller, island countries for acknowledgement of their suffering
from the effects of climate change. Although the language stops short of
mentioning liability – opposed by more heavily polluted industrialized nations
– it is still considered a significant step toward recognition of the damage
that results from rising global temperatures.
POPE’S RESPONSE TO COP21
Pope Francis on Sunday praised what he called an “historic” agreement
reached at a United Nations climate change summit in Paris and called for a global
commitment to implement it, including special attention to the poorest
populations.
December 14th, 2015. Courtesy of Crux
