The United Nations' delegates have agreed on a new treaty mechanism to strengthen the world's defense against global warming. The proposed strategy asked for emission cuts and supports.
A few hours after ending the two-week conference, the delegates pledged to cut emissions and give support for the new proposed system that will deal with the issues of climate change like rising water levels, melting glaciers, stronger storms and many more.
Jennifer Morgan, director of the climate and energy program at the World Resources Institute, said during the conference, "I think this is what they needed to move the ball forward even if you can't say that it provided a lot of new ambition."
Two weeks ago, amidst the devastation brought by Typhoon Haiyan to the Philippines, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change carried on with their scheduled conference and there, with over 10,000 attendees, including journalists and business leaders, they talked about on how to deal with the effects of climate change.
The question about "climate justice" also arose triggered by the devastating effects of the strongest storm in world's history that the Philippines had experienced.
On Saturday, after being held up by an intricate argument over a proposal by developing nations for the creation of a "loss and damage mechanism" under the treaty, they finally came up with an ultimate conformity.
Mohamed Adow, an activist for the international charity Christian Aid, told the New York Times, that the deal emphasized that "countries have accepted the reality" of the effects of climate change, but that "they seem unwilling to take concrete actions to cut the severity of these impacts."
René Orellana of the Bolivian delegation, said, "It's important that the loss and damage structure has finally been created. There's a baby now, and we have to give him enough time to grow."
