G20 support strong and effective action to address climate change Event

Am 16. November 2014 verpflichtete sich die Gruppe der zwanzig wichtigsten Industrie- und Schwellenländer in ihrer Abschlusserklärung des G-20-Gipfels, der im australischen Brisbane stattfand, konkret zum Abschluss eines neuen Weltklimavertrages im kommenden Jahr in Paris. Außerdem hielten sie fest, dass die Länder im ersten Quartal 2015 ihre Klimaziele veröffentlichen müssen und betonten ihre Unterstützung für den Grünen Klimafonds.

"(...)19. We support strong and effective action to address climate change. Consistent with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its agreed outcomes, our actions will support sustainable development, economic growth, and certainty for business and investment. We will work together to adopt successfully a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the UNFCCC that is applicable to all parties at the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in 2015. We encourage parties that are ready to communicate their intended nationally determined contributions well in advance of COP21 (by the first quarter of 2015 for those parties ready to do so). We reaffirm our support for mobilising finance for adaptation and mitigation, such as the Green Climate Fund.(...)"