The Conference of the Parties (COP-21) will help reach a global framework for reduction of emissions from industrial sectors and arrange financial incentives for developing countries to tackle adverse impacts of climate change. Deputy Special Representative for Paris Climate Conference (COP-21) Philippe Gay Lacoste said this on Tuesday while meeting members of Senate Standing Committee on Climate Change.
Some members of the National Assembly were also present in the committee where aims and goals of the upcoming international summit in Paris, in last week of December, were discussed. Lacoste accompanied by French Ambassador Martine Dorance and other attachés briefed the members of Upper and Lower House about the prospects of achieving a global framework at the summit to deal with the problems arising due to climate change to which the developing world is more vulnerable.
He told the committee that the conference would be aimed at trying to reach a global framework for reduction of emissions from industrial sectors and providing means of implementation of newly accepted techniques to deal with climate change for the under-developed and developing countries. The members of the Parliament, while showing optimism for the conference, also asked for awareness of what practices were in place in the developed countries and the prospects of their replication in developing countries.
Need for trainings and awareness campaign for local uneducated communities was also stressed. Lacoste accepted that west has a historical responsibility for the climate change problems occurring as it saw an industrial revolution in the past which contributed much to this climate change. The meeting ended with both parties agreeing that the international summit will be an opportunity to share experiences and reach a decision which is beneficial besides being implementable.