A final text of the historic Paris climate change deal has been hammered out
Thomson Reuters
The final version of the Paris climate change deal is being published this morning.
After a week of negotiations between 195 governments - stretching throughout Friday night - a final text of the COP21 deal has been hammered out and will be released shortly.
There are also multiple protests planned for today by climate change activists throughout Paris.
The deal was presented by French foreign minister Laurent Fabius. Hailing the deal as "ambitious and balanced," he told delegates at the conference (via The Guardian): "None of us acting alone can be successful. Success is built collectively. In this room you are going to be deciding upon a historic agreement. The world is holding its breath. It's counting on all of us."
Francois Hollande, the president of France, has appealed to the international community to adopt the draft (via The Telegraph): "Now we are at a decisive moment in time there is only one relevant question - do we want an agreement, one which did not see the light of day in Copenhagen? The gridlock was a source of great dissapointment for those who wanted the planet to have a future. Copenhagen cast a shadow on the international community."
One of the goals of the deal is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celcius.
Another major debate has been over a promise that developed nations should provide $100 billion to help poorer nations deal with the consequences of climate change.
Fabius said the draft text would set that figure as a floor by 2020.
The text is set to be released at 1.30PM local time (12.30 in London, 7.30AM in New York, 9.30PM in Tokyo).
Nooooo. Fabius: "Texts now being translated. You will have it no later than 1.30pm... I suggest you now go and have lunch."
Ban Ki-moon says final #COP21 draft is historic & sets world on new path to low emissions, climate-resilient future. #climatechange
- UN Spokesperson (@UN_Spokesperson) December 12, 2015
#Breaking French foreign minister Laurent Fabius presents "ambitious and balanced" final draft of a new international climate change deal.
- Press Association (@PA) December 12, 2015
"Today we are close to the final outcome," Fabius tells #cop21. Says text contains elements that had been thought "impossible to achieve"
- Emily Gosden (@emilygosden) December 12, 2015
#HighAmbitionCoalition at the European Union pavilion before entering in the #COP21 plenary pic.twitter.com/3mZJ9eok4t
- Miguel Arias Cañete (@MAC_europa) December 12, 2015
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