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Madagascar faces annually increasing climate change impacts, as it is also ranked among the most vulnerable countries. Dr Hery A. Rakotondravony, director of the national office of the climate change coordination hopes that all the Parties could reach an agreement at COP21.
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When the per capita emissions of many developed countries vary between 7 to 15 metric tonnes, the per capita emissions in India were only about 1.56 metric tonnes in 2010. Listen to Dr Ajay Mathur, Director general, Bureau of Energy Efficiency…
November 30, 2015 – Paris, France: The first day of the two week conference in Paris in which 185 countries come together to decide how to tackle the challenge of climate change. The conference includes world leaders, scientists, lobbyists and representatives from businesses, industry, and agriculture along with environmental groups culminating to the staggering number of 40,000 people. (Joao Luiz Bulcao/Polaris)
At COP21 the feeling is definitively motivation. During the first two days, in the blue zone, negotiators and observers (civil society) seem convinced of the need of a universal agreement to hold the increase of global average temperature below 2°C. It is rumored in the corridors inside the UN space dedicated, the so-called “blue zone”. National delegations do want to act for the common good.