Quito.— The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will support the adoption of a legally binding and universal climate change agreement during the forthcoming Climate Change Conference (COP21), the organization noted in a statement published yesterday in Ecuador.
In the document, disseminated by the Ministry of Foreign Relations and Human Mobility of Ecuador, currently the integrationist organization’s President pro tempore, CELAC gave details about its most recent meeting held in the country on November 6.
Thanks to efforts by the Ecuadorian government, the goal of working to establish a common position looking toward the 21st UN Climate Change Conference, has been achieved, the report notes.
The COP21 event will take place in Paris during the first two weeks of December.
According to CELAC, there, nations must reach a universal and legally binding agreement able to effectively contribute to the battle against the threat of climate change; a phenomenon for which industrialized nations are largely responsible.
Important advances in identifying some 20 possible aspects of the organization’s common position toward COP21 were made during the high level meeting. Common challenges facing 33 CELAC member nations in regards to mitigation and adaptation to climate change, access to financing, clean technologies and capacity building were also identified during the regional encounter.
Problems relating to climate vulnerability, losses and damages, especially considering current and future threats of hurricanes, floods, droughts, retreating glaciers, rising sea levels and El Niño and La Niña phenomena, among others, were also addressed during the CELAC meeting.
