Peter pushes for climate negotiators to 'ramp-up' agreements

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oday, in a renovated aircraft hanger in northern Paris, climate negotiators representing some 195 countries start to hammer out a new international climate deal.

Peter Christoff.

Their attention is focused on a 54-page draft document, produced in Bonn last month ahead of this summit. This key paper contains a forest of bracketed text which captures states’ competing aspirations. These differences have to be resolved over the next fortnight if a final climate deal is to appear.

Read the observations of the Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne, Peter Christoff, on The Conversation - “Paris has already given us a modest climate deal – now to ramp it up.”