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Matt McDonald: Saleemul Huq – if climate talks were democratic, vulnerable countries ‘would have won already’ With many “climate-vulnerable” nations calling on the Paris climate summit (COP21) to adopt a global warming limit of 1.5℃rather than 2℃, will these concerns be acted upon? And if not, how much help will they get to cope with the consequences? …

Saleemul Huq: I’m absolutely certain there will be an agreement – how strong it is, we will see. I think at the moment we are actually moving towards the better end of the spectrum – we’re not at the lowest end, it’s at the more ambitious end. And I think that 1.5°C goal is a very good test of the strength of this agreement. It tests whether we’re concerned with pragmatism or idealism. This isn’t the place to be pragmatic. This is the place to have a vision, and the vision should be to save everybody on the planet.http://theconversation.com/saleemul-huq-if-climate-talks-were-democratic-vulnerable-countries-would-have-won-already-52034

Paris climate summit: ‘sacrifice rights for deal on carbon’
Rich countries have restated that a $100bn-a-year climate fund would depend on immunity from compensation claims.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/paris-climate-summit-sacrifice-rights-for-deal-on-carbon/news-story/fad624312574c08c57c040045ab8ea94

December 11, 2015 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general