France – Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change

Statement made by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, announcing the opening of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 16).
Paris, on Friday November 26, 2010.

On Oct 28, the Minister of Higher Education and Research, Valérie Pécresse, released a report she commissioned from the French Academy of Sciences after the debate held on September 20.

A Canadian council agency benchmarked economical and environmental performances of G8 countries. This report ranks France first.

The European Union pledge to the Copenhagen Accord to reduce its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2020

France and Ethiopia, representing Africa, launch an appeal to all Parties to the Convention on Climate Change to adopt an ambitious agreement limiting the increase of temperatures to 2°C above preindustrial levels, and ensuring that vulnerable countries will receive adequate financing to face the challenge.