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France tightens borders ahead of climate summit
by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Nov 13, 2015


Sarkozy won't call for Paris climate talks' postponement: source
Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2015 - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has decided against calling for the upcoming UN climate talks in Paris to be postponed following a wave of deadly attacks on the city, sources close to him said Sunday.

The French government has said the conference, which begins on November 30, will take place as planned, but one of the sources in his centre-right Republicans party said earlier Sunday that Sarkozy would call for it to be delayed because going ahead "would mean taking unbelievable risks".

Sarkozy himself made no mention of the UN climate talks after he had a meeting with President Francois Hollande to discuss the attacks that ripped through Paris on Friday, killing at least 129 people.

But later, one of Sarkozy's inner circle said: "He had questions about it on Saturday... he spoke about this with the president who gave him a full response. He will not ask for COP21 to be postponed."

US President Barack Obama still intends to attend the climate talks, known as COP21 in France, a US official said Saturday.

Obama will be one of more than 115 heads of state and government expected at the talks to be held at Le Bourget outside Paris from November 30 to December 11.

The conference aims to agree a new international pact to fight global warming.

Sarkozy, who was president from 2007 to 2012, has re-emerged as a potential centre-right candidate for the 2017 presidential election.

Central America calls for fair accord at climate summit
San Salvador (AFP) Nov 13, 2015 - Central American nations united Friday in calling for a fair agreement to be struck at a UN climate change summit in Paris next month.

"The Paris accord must be substantive, fair, legally binding, with an equitable and responsible basis," according to a joint statement after a meeting in San Salvador.

It was issued by environment ministers and other representatives of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama as well as the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic.

They urged developed countries to "fully fulfil their financial commitments, developing transfer of technology and building capacity favoring countries in development."

The statement also asked for food security to be taken into account given the effect of climate change on food, agriculture, cattle raising and fishing.

A representative of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, Manuel Torres, told the meeting that disasters caused by weather patterns caused more than $28 billion in damage between 2007 and 2011.

France reintroduced border checks on Friday as it tightened security ahead of UN climate talks that start in Paris at the end of the month.

Controls will be in place until December 13 at 285 road, rail, sea and air border points.

About 30,000 police will be involved in the operation.

US President Barack Obama, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among more than 115 heads of state and government attending the 21st United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held at Le Bourget outside Paris from November 30 to December 11.

The conference aims to agree a new global pact to fight climate warming.

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve has said the risk of "terrorist threat (or) public disturbance" during the conference cannot be dismissed.

French security sources are paying particular attention to militant ecologist protesters already active around the site of a new airport under construction at Notre-Dame-des-Landes in western France and potential attempts to disrupt the train line linking the southeast French city of Lyon with Turin in northern Italy, sources said.

The potential involvement of extreme-left militant groups in demonstrations timed to coincide with the climate conference is also being watched closely.

The tightening of France's borders comes as Europe's cherished Schengen zone is buckling under the pressure of the biggest migrant crisis since World War II.

France has said it is able to temporarily abandon its commitments to border-free travel guaranteed under the Schengen agreement in special circumstances such as the climate talks.

Obama to still participate in Paris climate talks: US official
Washington (AFP) Nov 14, 2015 - US President Barack Obama still plans to participate in a UN climate conference near Paris in two weeks, despite attacks that killed 128 people in the French capital, a US official told AFP Saturday.

Obama is scheduled to attend the talks which begin on November 30 at Le Bourget, on the northern rim of Paris, and aim to secure a deal staving off catastrophic levels of global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

At this point, no change is planned in Obama's attendance, the official said.

Islamic State jihadists have claimed the series of coordinated attacks Friday by gunmen and suicide bombers who killed at least 128 people in scenes of carnage at a concert hall, restaurants and the national stadium.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Saturday the climate conference would go ahead as planned.

"COP21 must be held," he said, using the conference's technical name, but he added that security would be increased.

Obama has championed reducing climate change, saying he hopes an ambitious and sustainable deal will come out of COP21.

Earlier this month Obama blocked the Keystone XL oil pipeline that Canada sought to build into the United States, ruling it would hinder the fight against climate change.

The November 30-December 11 climate talks take place under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.


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