GREEN PEACE EXPERTS AT THE UN CLIMATE IN PARIS COP21 WITH A LONGTERM GOAL

USPA NEWS - Last weekend, representatives and heads of government from around the world will gather in Paris to negotiate a binding, global climate agreement. It could be the most important and significant climate summit since Kyoto in 1997. COP21 is the appropriate opportunity for that. Live from COP21-Bourget

Last weekend, representatives and heads of government from around the world will gather in Paris to negotiate a binding, global climate agreement. It could be the most important and significant climate summit since Kyoto in 1997.------------------- COP21, as it is known, is taking place amid a transformation in the energy sector, where renewables are taking a larger and larger share of power generation.  Whatever happens at the summit will not stop that transformation, but it could give renewable energy a decisive critical boost.  Only the decarbonisation of the global economy, with the phase out of coal, oil and gas, can safeguard the homes and livelihoods of millions of people. If the world is to have a chance of keeping average temperature rises to below 1.5C, the Paris summit must set a long-term goal of 100 percent renewable energy for everyone by 2050. Live from COP21-Bourget. “The climate conference offers world leaders the chance to come together and express our shared humanity. It is an opportunity to demonstrate what we can achieve through cooperation,“ said Martin Kaiser, head of international climate politics at Greenpeace. “They can decide if they want to speed up the rise of renewable energy or slow it down. They need to decide which side of history they are on, because they cannot stop forever an idea and technology whose time has come.“ Greenpeace Experts are following the negotiations in Paris, with a number or references and names of experts, such as Kumi Naidoo Executive Director Greenpeace International, Martin Kaiser Head of International Climate Politics, and Jean Francois Julliard Executive Director Greenpeace France. Other Experts shall be participating, also from China, Russia, India, Brazil and the Middle East.