What to Know About the Paris Climate Change Conference
Over 40,000 people are meeting in Paris for a historic conference on climate change
More than 100 heads of government and 40,000 other attendees are meeting on Nov. 30 for the launch of the two-week United Nations conference on climate change. Negotiators expect the gathering, formally known as the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to yield the most significant international agreement yet to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, and slow the effect of climate change. But the negotiations are likely to be contentious as developed nations wrestle with developing ones in the effort to divide the global bill over global warming. Here’s what you need to know:
This isn’t the first time that there’s been a lot of hype surrounding international climate negotiations. Why are people so optimistic this time around?
Leaders of past climate summits tried to build top-down climate agreements in which countries would agree to broad guidelines to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Treaties borne out of that approach—like the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which required developed countries to commit to binding greenhouse gas reduction targets—gave governments little flexibility in addressing climate change. Some countries, like the United States, opted not to participate in the agreement. Others, like Canada, ratified it, but ultimately ignored its provisions. Climate advocates set a 2009 conference in Denmark as an opportunity to achieve a comprehensive agreement that would actually lead to a reduction in emissions. But the conference was poorly organized and China and other countries refused to cooperate. In the end, the negotiations fell apart and the resulting Copenhagen Accord fell flat.
http://time.com/4123568/paris-climate-conference-preview/?iid=sr-link1
Structure of the Lead：
WHO- heads of government and other attendees
WHEN- Nov.30
WHAT- 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21)
WHY- global warming
WHERE- Paris
HOW- by conferences
keywords
1.attendees 出席者
2.negotiator 交涉者
3. yield 同意
4.emission 排放
5.wrestle 深思
6.hype 炒作
7.borne 負荷
8.opt 選擇
9. ultimately 最終
10.provision 條款
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