COP-22 concludes with pledge to hasten climate programme implementation
Marrakech (Morocco): The 22nd session of the Conference of Parties (COP) concluded on early Saturday with a pledge to hasten the climate activities across the globe in the light of the agreement adopted at COP21 in Paris in 2015.
In the Marrakech Declaration, the world leaders focused on taking initiatives over water and food security for the developing courtiers, and fixed a deadline for formulating a rulebook for the implementation of the Paris deal.
In the summit, some countries agreed to provide US$81 million for the adaptation fund and US$ 23 million for the Green Climate Fund.
However, the green activists expressed their frustration over the Marrakech declaration mentioning that the developed countries did not deliver any specific declaration over the finance.
Climate Justice Group said funding of private sector in climate change fund cannot be an alternative to government funding.
Marrakech Vision, a group of developing countries, pledged that they will attain the target of 100 percent of renewable energy to reduce carbon emission by 2020 and 2050.
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa said, ‘Developed countries should start work from now to fulfill their commitment to provide US$100 billion annually from 2020.’
In the conference it was announced that Fiji will arrange the next United Nations Conference on Climate Change known as ' COP 23' which will be held in Bonn, Germany in 2017.