Pre-COP21 informal ministerial consultation enters 2nd day

As the Pre-COP21 informal ministerial consultation enters its 2nd day, the ministers and representatives from 70 countries will start four parallel working groups to ensure the success of the coming COP21 in Paris.

The participants will start four working groups this Monday to work on specific issues, including Equity and Differentiation, Ambition, Pre-2020 Action and Support, and Post-2020 Finance. All the conclusions will be presented on Tuesday, the last day of this informal ministerial consultation.

According to the organizer, the purpose of this pre-COP21 is not to negotiate the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP), but rather to "provide the necessary political guidance to the ADP negotiating process and to come up with proposals for common ground on some of the key political issues that remain open".

Representatives from more than 70 countries, along with Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), have accepted the invitation of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Peruvian Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal to gether in Paris to prepare for the upcoming COP21.

During a visit to the site of the conference on Sunday, Fabius confirmed that more than 110 heads of state and government will participate in the COP21.

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) will take place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11 in Paris, with the objective is to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate change. Endit