Climate reluctance by developed countries distrurbs South African Environmental Minister

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our weeks ahead of the twenty-first Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Paris, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has come out against what she describes as a reluctance by developed nations to agree to ambitious measures aimed at limiting average global temperature increases to the targeted 2 °C.

This followed the submission of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) by parties to the UNFCCC Secretariat by October 1, which outlined respective domestic preparations towards achieving the intended temperature cap. Print Send to Friend 2 2 However, Molewa told a climate change breakfast organised by the Department of Environmental Affairs, in Centurion, on Monday, that a recent Civil Society Equity Review of INDCs had concluded that the emission reduction ambitions of all major developed countries fell short of their “fair share” in both domestic emission reduction and international finance.

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