Transcript Climate change conference aims

Climate Change
Conference
aims
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Can the Paris Climate
Change Conference make
a deal?
• What is the UN’s aim?
• How might different countries approach the talks?
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What are the Paris
Conference aims?
The conference aims to reach an agreement
that limits global warming to no more than 20C.
Ban Ki-moon’s job is to help reach an
agreement between 195 UN countries, plus
the EU. To do that there will need to be some
give and take: countries will need to negotiate
and make compromises.
The conference must succeed: there is no
Plan B for the world. But we already have
many examples of success.
Ban Ki-moon, UN
Secretary General
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What are the challenges?
Developed countries like the UK
developed rapidly in the 19th and 20th
centuries. They created most of the
CO2 in the atmosphere today, and still
produce most CO2 per person.
Emerging countries like China are
developing rapidly now. They produce
most CO2 today, and their emissions
are rising. Some rely on using large
amounts of fossil fuels.
Developing countries mostly have
low emissions, but are experiencing
many of the effects of climate change.
CO2
emissions
Total (thousand
tonnes)
Developed
155,433
Emerging
17,319,834
Developing
15,233,608
CO2
emissions
Per person
(tonnes)
Developing
0.3
Emerging
3.4
Developed
11.1
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What is needed to reach
agreement?
Wealthy countries won’t want to put a
stop to their development. Many have
already begun to reduce their CO2
emissions. They could benefit from
developing clean technology.
Emerging and developing countries
need a way to develop and become
prosperous without high emissions.
• Many developing countries need
help to adapt to climate change.
• Some emerging countries are
already developing renewable
energy.
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What’s needed to reach
agreement?
How will greenhouse gas emissions be reduced?
How will the damage to the atmosphere be cleaned up?
Where will the money to help countries adapt come from?
How will everyone agree?
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Who’s coming to our conference?
Country
Country
Australia
Bangladesh
China
Ethiopia
France
India
Maldives
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
UK
Germany
USA
How will climate change affect each country?
What aims do different countries have for the conference?
Who are their allies?
What tricky choices do they face?
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