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| Paris climate talks: governments adopt historic deal – as it happened | Paris climate talks: governments adopt historic deal – as it happened |
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| 8.32pm GMT | 8.32pm GMT |
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| I’m calling it a night for live coverage here in Paris, where 195 governments have agreed the world’s first universal climate deal. It’s been hailed as historic, transformative, momentous. | I’m calling it a night for live coverage here in Paris, where 195 governments have agreed the world’s first universal climate deal. It’s been hailed as historic, transformative, momentous. |
| “Today we celebrate, tomorrow we have to act,” says the EU climate chief, Miguel Arias Cañete. | “Today we celebrate, tomorrow we have to act,” says the EU climate chief, Miguel Arias Cañete. |
| Please follow our dedicated Paris climate talks page for all our latest news, analysis and commentary on the deal. | Please follow our dedicated Paris climate talks page for all our latest news, analysis and commentary on the deal. |
| 8.14pm GMT | 8.14pm GMT |
| 20:14 | 20:14 |
| EU climate chief: deal a success for ‘high ambition coalition’ | EU climate chief: deal a success for ‘high ambition coalition’ |
| Fiona Harvey | Fiona Harvey |
| Miguel Arias Canete, the EU’s climate commissioner, said: “This is a success for the high ambition coalition”, referring to a group of more than 100 developed and developing nations pulled together by the EU and the leaders of some of the small island states, and those most vulnerable to climate change. | Miguel Arias Canete, the EU’s climate commissioner, said: “This is a success for the high ambition coalition”, referring to a group of more than 100 developed and developing nations pulled together by the EU and the leaders of some of the small island states, and those most vulnerable to climate change. |
| “This was the last chance [for the UN process],” he added, “and we have taken it.”He said that, with the agreement in place, the most important work now needed to be done. “Now it is about implementation. We need to have the policies. The EU has policies, and everyone needs to have policies [to put the agreement into practice].” | “This was the last chance [for the UN process],” he added, “and we have taken it.”He said that, with the agreement in place, the most important work now needed to be done. “Now it is about implementation. We need to have the policies. The EU has policies, and everyone needs to have policies [to put the agreement into practice].” |
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| 8.05pm GMT | 8.05pm GMT |
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| Suzanne Goldenberg | Suzanne Goldenberg |
| I just caught Izabella Teixeira, Brazil’s environment minister, leaving the meeting. After such a long slog, she was unabashedly emotional, welling up in tears when she talked about getting the deal across the finish line. | I just caught Izabella Teixeira, Brazil’s environment minister, leaving the meeting. After such a long slog, she was unabashedly emotional, welling up in tears when she talked about getting the deal across the finish line. |
| “I think it’s really, really an historic moment,” she said. “Finally we are moving to actions and not just talking problems. This is a decision based on solutions … We are not only discussing the past. We are looking to the future. What we have today is an historic moment, in a friendly atmosphere, and I feel a new confidence in the political world’s ability to deal with climate change.” | “I think it’s really, really an historic moment,” she said. “Finally we are moving to actions and not just talking problems. This is a decision based on solutions … We are not only discussing the past. We are looking to the future. What we have today is an historic moment, in a friendly atmosphere, and I feel a new confidence in the political world’s ability to deal with climate change.” |
| In Teiexeira’s view, the structure of the deal with its regular five-year reviews, will encourage global co-operation to find technological solutions to cut emissions and protect poor countries from climate change. | In Teiexeira’s view, the structure of the deal with its regular five-year reviews, will encourage global co-operation to find technological solutions to cut emissions and protect poor countries from climate change. |
| She said she was optimistic improved technology would help countries deliver on the ambitious goals in the agreement. | She said she was optimistic improved technology would help countries deliver on the ambitious goals in the agreement. |
| She also hoped that the agreement would encourage more funding for scientific research in Brazil and at the global. | She also hoped that the agreement would encourage more funding for scientific research in Brazil and at the global. |
| But the most important shift for her was the prospect of changing the conversation around climate change from describing impacts and challenges to moving towards testing solutions. | But the most important shift for her was the prospect of changing the conversation around climate change from describing impacts and challenges to moving towards testing solutions. |
| “I am really happy. This is so transformative. This is so important for our national development,” she said. | “I am really happy. This is so transformative. This is so important for our national development,” she said. |
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| at 8.52pm GMT | at 8.52pm GMT |
| 7.58pm GMT | 7.58pm GMT |
| 19:58 | 19:58 |
| Suzanne Goldenberg | Suzanne Goldenberg |
| This is also a personal triumph for Ban Ki-moon, who has said publicly he sees a climate change agreement as the main goal of his term at the United Nations. | This is also a personal triumph for Ban Ki-moon, who has said publicly he sees a climate change agreement as the main goal of his term at the United Nations. |
| He was visibly emotional as he described his personal investment in reaching a deal, saying: | He was visibly emotional as he described his personal investment in reaching a deal, saying: |
| Over the past nine years I have spoken repeatedly with every one of the leaders...I have travelled the climate front lines from Arctic to Antarctica from Sahel to the Aral Sea. | Over the past nine years I have spoken repeatedly with every one of the leaders...I have travelled the climate front lines from Arctic to Antarctica from Sahel to the Aral Sea. |
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| at 8.53pm GMT | at 8.53pm GMT |
| 7.57pm GMT | 7.57pm GMT |
| 19:57 | 19:57 |
| Australia: momentous and historic occasion will help us do more | Australia: momentous and historic occasion will help us do more |
| Lenore Taylor | Lenore Taylor |
| Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said the agreement involving all nations and trading competitors could give Australia “comfort” to take tougher action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. | Australia’s foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said the agreement involving all nations and trading competitors could give Australia “comfort” to take tougher action to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Bishop, who led Australia’s negotiating team, said it was a “historic” and “momentous” occasion because the whole world had agreed to act on climate change – something that could also allow Australia to do more. | Bishop, who led Australia’s negotiating team, said it was a “historic” and “momentous” occasion because the whole world had agreed to act on climate change – something that could also allow Australia to do more. |
| “It gives us comfort that we know what the major economies are doing, our major trading partners are doing, our trading competitors are doing,” she said. | “It gives us comfort that we know what the major economies are doing, our major trading partners are doing, our trading competitors are doing,” she said. |
| “It certainly means there is flexibility for us to do more, and the spirit of the agreement is to encourage countries to be ambitious, to aim higher and to take into account their circumstances … | “It certainly means there is flexibility for us to do more, and the spirit of the agreement is to encourage countries to be ambitious, to aim higher and to take into account their circumstances … |
| “We are having a review of our policies in 2017 and we will consider what more needs to be done at that time … this will give us comfort and confidence that we are working in collaboration with almost 200 other countries, including the major emitters the US and China.” | “We are having a review of our policies in 2017 and we will consider what more needs to be done at that time … this will give us comfort and confidence that we are working in collaboration with almost 200 other countries, including the major emitters the US and China.” |
| Australia’s reduction target has been branded as “inadequate” by Climate Tracker. The government has said it will review its target and policies in 2017. | Australia’s reduction target has been branded as “inadequate” by Climate Tracker. The government has said it will review its target and policies in 2017. |
| Bishop was the second minister to address the conference after the jubilant scenes after agreement had been adopted, speaking on behalf of the so-called umbrella group of developed nations. | Bishop was the second minister to address the conference after the jubilant scenes after agreement had been adopted, speaking on behalf of the so-called umbrella group of developed nations. |
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| at 8.54pm GMT | at 8.54pm GMT |
| 7.33pm GMT | 7.33pm GMT |
| 19:33 | 19:33 |
| Suzanne Goldenberg | Suzanne Goldenberg |
| As the deal was passed Barack Obama was on the golf course playing a few rounds with the World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, who has also pushed for action on climate change. | As the deal was passed Barack Obama was on the golf course playing a few rounds with the World Bank president, Jim Yong Kim, who has also pushed for action on climate change. |
| But the White House has weighed in on the climate agreement now, saying: | But the White House has weighed in on the climate agreement now, saying: |
| This new global framework lays the foundation for countries to work together to put the world on a path to keeping global temperature rise well below 2C and sets an ambitious vision to go even farther than that. This agreement sends a strong signal to the private sector that the global economy is moving towards clean energy, and that through innovation and ingenuity, we can achieve our climate objectives while creating new jobs, raising standards of living and lifting millions out of poverty. | This new global framework lays the foundation for countries to work together to put the world on a path to keeping global temperature rise well below 2C and sets an ambitious vision to go even farther than that. This agreement sends a strong signal to the private sector that the global economy is moving towards clean energy, and that through innovation and ingenuity, we can achieve our climate objectives while creating new jobs, raising standards of living and lifting millions out of poverty. |
| The Paris agreement is also the culmination of a broader effort by nations, businesses, cities, and citizens to reorient the global economy to a path of low-carbon growth – progress that will accelerate as a result of the agreement’s provisions on mitigation ambition, transparency, and climate finance. | The Paris agreement is also the culmination of a broader effort by nations, businesses, cities, and citizens to reorient the global economy to a path of low-carbon growth – progress that will accelerate as a result of the agreement’s provisions on mitigation ambition, transparency, and climate finance. |
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| at 8.55pm GMT | at 8.55pm GMT |
| 7.29pm GMT | 7.29pm GMT |
| 19:29 | 19:29 |
| John Kerry: deal is a victory for the planet | John Kerry: deal is a victory for the planet |
| Laurent has done a superb job, Kerry says. | Laurent has done a superb job, Kerry says. |
| This is a tremendous victory for all our citizens, he says. “It’s a victory for all of the planet and future generations.” | This is a tremendous victory for all our citizens, he says. “It’s a victory for all of the planet and future generations.” |
| Extraordinarily we are 196 delegations, 186 plans (it’s actually up to 187 now) – that is a remarkable global commitment, he says. | Extraordinarily we are 196 delegations, 186 plans (it’s actually up to 187 now) – that is a remarkable global commitment, he says. |
| If fully implemented it will help us move to a global, clean economy, says Kerry, adding the deal will, hopefully, prevent the worst effects of climate change from happening. | If fully implemented it will help us move to a global, clean economy, says Kerry, adding the deal will, hopefully, prevent the worst effects of climate change from happening. |
| He talks of the importance the agreement sends to businesses. Kerry thanks France for restoring the global community’s faith that we can accomplish things multilaterally. | He talks of the importance the agreement sends to businesses. Kerry thanks France for restoring the global community’s faith that we can accomplish things multilaterally. |
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| at 8.57pm GMT | at 8.57pm GMT |
| 7.20pm GMT | 7.20pm GMT |
| 19:20 | 19:20 |
| China: “It is true that the agreement is not perfect, and there are some areas in need of improvement. However, this does not prevent us from taking a historic march forwards. | China: “It is true that the agreement is not perfect, and there are some areas in need of improvement. However, this does not prevent us from taking a historic march forwards. |
| “The Pairs climate conference is a critical point in global efforts against climate change. Its success is critical for the global future in response to climate change.” | “The Pairs climate conference is a critical point in global efforts against climate change. Its success is critical for the global future in response to climate change.” |
| The agreement is fair and just, comprehensive and blaanced, highly ambitious, enduring and effective, China says. It sends a strong and positive signal the world is moving to a low carbon economy. | The agreement is fair and just, comprehensive and blaanced, highly ambitious, enduring and effective, China says. It sends a strong and positive signal the world is moving to a low carbon economy. |
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| at 8.58pm GMT | at 8.58pm GMT |
| 7.18pm GMT | 7.18pm GMT |
| 19:18 | 19:18 |
| Cameron: Paris climate deal special because every country has to play a part | Cameron: Paris climate deal special because every country has to play a part |
| UK prime minister, David Cameron, has welcomed the deal in a statement: | UK prime minister, David Cameron, has welcomed the deal in a statement: |
| Today is an important day. The talks at the COP21 conference in Paris have culminated in a global deal, with every country in the world now signed up to play its part in halting climate change. In other words, this generation has taken vital steps to ensure that our children and grandchildren will see that we did our duty in securing the future of our planet. | Today is an important day. The talks at the COP21 conference in Paris have culminated in a global deal, with every country in the world now signed up to play its part in halting climate change. In other words, this generation has taken vital steps to ensure that our children and grandchildren will see that we did our duty in securing the future of our planet. |
| In my speech on the opening day of the conference, I set out the things I believed were needed to make this a good deal. I said it would have to ensure the world’s temperature would not rise more than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. In fact, the deal pledges to keep global warming “well below” that figure – just as Britain had been calling for. I said it would have to be legally binding – and it will be. I said it would have to come with regular reviews; help for the poorest in the world; and a transfer of technology from the richest to the poorest nations. It does all those things. | In my speech on the opening day of the conference, I set out the things I believed were needed to make this a good deal. I said it would have to ensure the world’s temperature would not rise more than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. In fact, the deal pledges to keep global warming “well below” that figure – just as Britain had been calling for. I said it would have to be legally binding – and it will be. I said it would have to come with regular reviews; help for the poorest in the world; and a transfer of technology from the richest to the poorest nations. It does all those things. |
| What is so special about this deal is that it puts the onus on every country to play its part. | What is so special about this deal is that it puts the onus on every country to play its part. |
| 7.11pm GMT | 7.11pm GMT |
| 19:11 | 19:11 |
| The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, has welcomed the deal. | The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, has welcomed the deal. |
| The world has come together to forge a deal that finally reflects the aspiration, and the seriousness, to preserve our planet for future generations. | The world has come together to forge a deal that finally reflects the aspiration, and the seriousness, to preserve our planet for future generations. |
| First, it leaves no one behind – protecting the poorest people and the most vulnerable countries by calling on all of us to hold the increase in temperatures to well below 2C and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C. | First, it leaves no one behind – protecting the poorest people and the most vulnerable countries by calling on all of us to hold the increase in temperatures to well below 2C and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5C. |
| Second, it sends the much needed signal to trigger the massive sums of public and private sector investments needed to drive economies toward a carbon neutral world as advised by science. While doing this, we will strive to ensure that there is the necessary finance to provide resilience for developing countries. | Second, it sends the much needed signal to trigger the massive sums of public and private sector investments needed to drive economies toward a carbon neutral world as advised by science. While doing this, we will strive to ensure that there is the necessary finance to provide resilience for developing countries. |
| Third, it changes development. We agree there is no development without tackling climate change. We cannot poison the planet and thrive. | Third, it changes development. We agree there is no development without tackling climate change. We cannot poison the planet and thrive. |
| 7.10pm GMT | 7.10pm GMT |
| 19:10 | 19:10 |
| Fiona Harvey | Fiona Harvey |
| From the plenary hall: Nicaragua saying it is unhappy that the gavel was brought down, says it still has concerns and wasn’t given a chance to speak. | From the plenary hall: Nicaragua saying it is unhappy that the gavel was brought down, says it still has concerns and wasn’t given a chance to speak. |
| But as we pointed out earlier this week, in our interview with ex-president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, who hosted the Cancun COP in 2010, consensus does not have to mean unanimity under international law, so Fabius was entitled to bring down the gavel and see this agreement through. | But as we pointed out earlier this week, in our interview with ex-president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, who hosted the Cancun COP in 2010, consensus does not have to mean unanimity under international law, so Fabius was entitled to bring down the gavel and see this agreement through. |
| There may be other dissenting voices raised from the hall before the speeches are finished, but it is clear from the responses of delegates that they will be in a small minority. The agreement will stand – Fabius learned the procedural lessons of Copenhagen and has ensured that a small number of critics could not block the deal that all other countries were in favour of. So the gavel could come down. | There may be other dissenting voices raised from the hall before the speeches are finished, but it is clear from the responses of delegates that they will be in a small minority. The agreement will stand – Fabius learned the procedural lessons of Copenhagen and has ensured that a small number of critics could not block the deal that all other countries were in favour of. So the gavel could come down. |
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| at 9.01pm GMT | at 9.01pm GMT |
| 7.08pm GMT | 7.08pm GMT |
| 19:08 | 19:08 |
| Carole Dieschbourg, environment minister for Luxembourg which currently has the EU presidency, is praising the deal and French hosts. | Carole Dieschbourg, environment minister for Luxembourg which currently has the EU presidency, is praising the deal and French hosts. |
| “We must now translate this agreement into concrete action,” she says. | “We must now translate this agreement into concrete action,” she says. |
| It’s a huge challenge, but I am confident we will do that, she says. | It’s a huge challenge, but I am confident we will do that, she says. |
| “Today I have seen political will that makes me hope that we can change this world together,” she says. | “Today I have seen political will that makes me hope that we can change this world together,” she says. |
| Miguel Arias Cañete is speaking. France has united the world, he says. This makes us proud as Europeans, he says. | Miguel Arias Cañete is speaking. France has united the world, he says. This makes us proud as Europeans, he says. |
| “Today we celebrate, tomorrow we have to act,” he tells the audience. | “Today we celebrate, tomorrow we have to act,” he tells the audience. |
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| at 9.01pm GMT | at 9.01pm GMT |
| 7.05pm GMT | 7.05pm GMT |
| 19:05 | 19:05 |
| The moment the deal was done – in pictures | The moment the deal was done – in pictures |