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French FM outlines action plan for Paris climate agreement

Xinhua, January 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius presented here on Wednesday a four-point action plan to start the implementation of the objectives to combat climate change set by the UN Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris in December last year.

Fabius, who presided the COP21 assembly in Paris held from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, delivered a speech at the opening day of the annual World Future Energy Summit 2016, saying that the "four Ps" are on the agenda for the year 2016.

"The first P stands for Process, meaning the next step to implement the COP21 goal to limit global warning at two degrees Celsius and possibly at 1.5 degrees Celsius must be to get the 55 states which represent 55 percent of global greenhouse emissions to sign the agreement soonest on April 22 (Earth Day) in New York," the French foreign minister said.

"The second P stands for Precisions whereas the global community must become precise how it wants to achieve COP21 goals," he said.

"The third P is the Pre-2020 goals and the fourth P is the Preparation for COP22 which is going to be held in November this year," Fabius said.

Fabius added the success of COP21 where 196 participating states and parties agreed on curbing climate change was driven by increasing impacts of climate change and the political will of the nations.

He called on all participants to take the necessary steps swiftly and together, quoting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who was present in Abu Dhabi that "there is no plan B because there is no planet B."

The four-day World Future Energy Summit 2016 runs through Thursday. Endit