One Planet Summit: Paris Welcomes The World

 Filling the financial vacuum created by the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement of December 2015 will be at the centre of debates tomorrow.

Two Years after the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21) triggered historic awareness, resolve and decisions, Paris once more plays host to another summit of equal dimension.

The significance of the climate theme, goes beyond an anniversary, transcending the emotional upbeat of COP 21 to bring the collective psyche of climate adherents to the grim realities of results.

Coming on the heels of COP 22 in Marrakech and COP 23 in Bonn, the One Planet Summit is surely an opportunity to evaluate the historic Paris Climate agreement of December 12, 2015, and mobilise the appropriate funding for its implementation.

Within the background of the abrupt withdrawal of the United States from the Paris agreement, the meeting tomorrow has the obligation to seek ways and means of filling the financial vacuum created by the departure of a main contributor. 

Adopted in December 2015, the Paris agreement has been ratified by One hundred and Sixty-nine countries that collectively cumulate more than Eighty-three percent of the Green House gas emissions.
 Objectives

The setting of the One Planet Summit emits poetic colours. Taking place at the new artistic fief of “La Seine Musical” at the outskirts of Paris, the scenery draws romantic images of the determination of a vast majority of humanity to preserve nature for prosperity.

The scene will reflect the resolve of participants to refurbish and strengthen the historic Paris Climate agreements taken two years earlier. The main objectives of tomorrow’s Summit are pegged on taking tangible and collective action, globally and locally as quickly as possible.

On the innovative platform, creativity and resourcefulness in adapting systems to the inevitable changes is another vital objective of tomorrow’s conference. It ties with determined and increased efforts by all to reduce green house gas emissions.

Since all nations are affected by climate change, the objective of support for one another takes centre stage. The philosophy of more support to the more vulnerable countries is expected to influence the decisions.

Synergy
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