Geneva, 13 February 2015. After a week of UN climate negotiations in Geneva, the draft text for a new climate agreement in Paris has doubled since COP20 last year. Greenpeace Head of International Climate Politics Martin Kaiser said:
“In Geneva, the countries failed to grab the bull by the horns and negotiate difficult issues like financial aid for vulnerable countries and the phasing out of coal, oil and gas. These crucial topics were not narrowed down and mostly relegated to the background.
“The Paris Treaty threatens to become an empty shell. To prevent this, parties like the US, China, the EU and others must present their short and long-term commitments for the mitigation of greenhouse gases at the end of March.
“They need to set 100 percent green and clean energy firmly on their horizons, while helping those countries that are feeling the worst effects of climate change already.
“At the same time, these Geneva talks were not a complete loss. Policy-makers drafted some reasonable long-term goals for emission reductions.
“In the end, nothing lost and nothing gained for Paris.”
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