In Bonn, Germany, delegates to United Nations climate talks from nearly 200 nations have adopted a final agenda for the COP 23 convention, as they work to keep global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. On Tuesday, climate activists staged a demonstration inside the convention space, saying governments aren’t doing enough. This is Dipti Bhatnagar of Friends of the Earth International.
Dipti Bhatnagar: “We’re seeing the poorest and the most vulnerable communities already facing horrific climate impacts. We need the developed countries to drastically reduce their emissions now. We need them to provide finance and means of implementation for us developing countries to be able to make the very much needed energy transformation.”
On Tuesday, Syria’s government said it would sign the Paris Agreement on climate change. The move by President Bashar al-Assad’s government further isolates President Donald Trump, as he seeks to pull out of the deal. A withdrawal would make the U.S. the only nation on Earth that’s not a part of the landmark 2015 agreement.