The key, tricky details that will determine whether the Paris climate meeting succeeds
- 8 years ago
That's how many additional days, after President Obama departed Tuesday from Paris, this pivotal United Nations' climate change meeting will continue to go on.
The Paris climate meeting has indeed been heavily front-loaded - not only by the appearances of world leaders, but also by the announcement of well over 100 national climate change pledges, or "intended nationally determined contributions" , in the months running up to the meeting.
To better understand what still has to happen in Paris, consider that the existing INDCs, in their entirety, are generally agreed to be inadequate to keep the warming of the planet below the target of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Absolutely critical to this, said David Waskow, director of the International Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute, is that commitments are first revisited in 2020, not 2025 or later, and that much more happens than simply taking stock of where countries are at that time.
The Paris climate meeting has indeed been heavily front-loaded - not only by the appearances of world leaders, but also by the announcement of well over 100 national climate change pledges, or "intended nationally determined contributions" , in the months running up to the meeting.
To better understand what still has to happen in Paris, consider that the existing INDCs, in their entirety, are generally agreed to be inadequate to keep the warming of the planet below the target of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Absolutely critical to this, said David Waskow, director of the International Climate Initiative at the World Resources Institute, is that commitments are first revisited in 2020, not 2025 or later, and that much more happens than simply taking stock of where countries are at that time.