Davos: nations urged to adopt Paris climate accord

Davos: nations urged to adopt Paris climate accord
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Warned of threat posed by climate change to global peace and security

  • Nations urged to implement Paris accord
  • Fabius warns of “war and peace”
  • Scroll down for Davos Day Two as-it-happened and in pictures
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to implement the Paris climate change accord agreed late last year.

Ban Ki-moon: “We need to strengthen #climateaction at all levels. Gvts need to ratify the #ParisAgreement#WEF16pic.twitter.com/MyCfdMqSRB

— UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) January 21, 2016

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Mr Ban warned economic development around the world would be undermined if the agreed targets to limit climate change are not met.

“Climate change undermines development gains. If we do not properly police this Paris agreement, then the remaining 16 sustainable development goals will be undermined.”

“It is about war and peace”

#COP21 Pres. LaurentFabius</a>: "In April, we need to get gvts together to ratify the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ParisAgreement?src=hash">#ParisAgreement</a> - at least 55" <a href="https://t.co/evyQQRahZd">pic.twitter.com/evyQQRahZd</a></p>&mdash; UN Climate Action (UNFCCC) January 21, 2016

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius urged nations to implement the Paris climate change agreement.

The alternative, he claimed, would be massive migratory flows that would make today’s immigration crisis look minor by comparison:

“We have problems today in Europe because of some hundreds of thousands of people emigrating. But if it is a question of thousands of millions of people, what will happen?”

“And, at the end of the day, it is a question of war and peace and I think this agreement is a major pillar for security.”

“Underestimating the costs

Governments underestimating cost of “small” disasters says UNISDR's Robert Glasser #SFDRR
https://t.co/AgtkvWuXJzpic.twitter.com/9vRxUmVkD3

— UNISDR (@unisdr) January 21, 2016

The UN chief of disaster management has warned that governments are underestimating the costs of disasters caused by climate extremes.

Robert Glasser predicted that the economic costs would rise in line with the increasing impacts of extreme weather and rising seas.

Climate – not the main concern?

A survey suggests climate issues are not the main concern of business leaders in Davos this year.

Regulation and economic issues seem to be more signficant.

Click here for highlights from Day Two in Davos in Davos

Looking beyond the current market mayhem, find out what leaders at #Davos have to say: https://t.co/bq8GFihqifpic.twitter.com/Scb9JhLeUW

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) January 20, 2016

The day in Davos – in pictures

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with British Prime Minister David Cameron at the World Economic Forum in Davos pic.twitter.com/ql8sadgkWG

— PM of Israel (@IsraeliPM) January 21, 2016

Kerry et Burkhalter à Davos. Photo de l'année? Ca sent le SwissPressAward</a> pour le photographe de Keystone. <a href="https://t.co/mVUZMruOA0">pic.twitter.com/mVUZMruOA0</a></p>&mdash; Arnaud Bédat (ArnaudBedat) January 21, 2016

#Valls en photo avec Bono à Davos. Souvenez-vous quand la gauche critiquait le côté bling-bling de Sarkozy… pic.twitter.com/v4lTrDx3O0

— Pont d'Arcole ن (@PtdArcole) January 21, 2016

And so it happened again. My davos</a> moment. <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinSpacey">KevinSpacey championing #internet security with WISeKey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WEF16?src=hash">#WEF16</a> <a href="https://t.co/cV7RndIzGm">pic.twitter.com/cV7RndIzGm</a></p>&mdash; Pranjal Sharma (pranjalsharma) January 20, 2016

Nial Rodgers and Chic blowing it out at the google</a> nightcap <a href="https://twitter.com/Davos">Davos. pic.twitter.com/pOx0GsQz5P

— Marc Benioff (@Benioff) January 21, 2016

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