Climate Control 2015: Paris will See Tough Negotiations in December

By Kanika Gupta - 13 Oct '15 16:05PM

Negotiators are gearing up for their climatic control talks to be held in Paris this year in December. The conversation will be centered around "peer pressure" and "cooperation" with American catchphrase "Race to the Top" that will lead the topic of global climate deal. The effort is to get 200 nations to agree to the harshest greenhouse emission cuts. The negotiators are coming up with creative ways to penalize the ones who do not stand up to their commitment, says Reuters. There will be no talks about punishment or sanctions in this discussion.

The critics believe that the "no stick" approach to enforce the countries to comply will prove to be a flaw in the Paris process, especially since the countries came to an agreement in 2011 that their will be a legal force in place to regulate the climate control deal. They also say that the Paris deal will only add up to more than 500 environmental treaties and vague promises made by member states while the global temperature soars at an alarming rate past the ceiling of 2 degrees Celsius imposed by U.N., reports First Post.

Bolivia's socialist government proposes a separate body, International Climate Justice Tribunal, with powers to punish the country that do not stand up to their commitments. Bolivia's chief negotiator, Diego Pacheco says that anything less than that will be "dangerous to Mother Earth". The European Union also argued that there should be a legally binding system with a pledge and review structure that will reassess the commitments made by member states after every 5 years against the common goal of halving the emissions by 2050. Elina Bardram, European Commission Delegation Head, says that unless there are compliance systems in place, the structure will not be able to stand up to its weak rules, as reported by The Christian Science Monitor.

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