It may have to increase restrictions to the highest level hundreds of students in nigeria are feared missing after gunmen stormed a school in kidnapped a number of children about 800 students attend the school gets you know state money flooded during the attack police say 200 have returned safely because. You know the child is a child regardless of his parent children were kidnapped and we didnt sleep throughout the night since 10 pm what just tearing gunshots some of my relatives children were also taken i have been at the school since day one and when i got her sincerely speaking we here in Katsina State are in a terrifying condition we dont see the value of the government in fact i have a younger brother and a child taken along by the kidnappers i am from down jack cut scene a state and i have been in this school since dawn and yet there is no update. Afghan police say 3 people have been killed in attacks in the capital prosecutor was shot dead in the east of kabul in a separate attack 2 people were killed in a bombing the targeted a member of parliament no group has yet claimed responsibility. International aid has arrived in the ethiopian city at the center of recent fighting in the region red cross will distribute medical aid kelly if you use army has captured the city but rival fighters from the Peoples Liberation front to fight on. The negotiator david frost. To agree on a trading deal. Of war and a no deal outcome is most likely one of the main sticking points is whether european fishermen will still have access to waters off the u. K. Coast those are the headlines talks are. Coming up next and with. Africa where id be choosing the editing my own stories in a refugee camp with no electricity and right now were confronting some of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced and i believe that the only way we can do that is with compassion and generosity and compromise because of the only way we can try to solve any of these problems is together. Are so important we make those connections. World war. One. December the 12th 2015 representatives of 196. 00 countries gather in the suburbs of paris but the 21st United Nations Climate Change conference this historic summit brought them together to draft an agreement on sustainability the plan. The main long term goal turning back the clock on Global Warming by limiting temperatures to between one and a how and 2 degrees celsius about industrial levels. The draw off was signed 5 months later and came into effect in november 2016 today 189. 00 parties have ratified or exceeded to the agreement including china and india the countries with the 1st and 3rd largest c o 2 emissions. Country number 2 thats United States we dont trump as president with true for the deal this year the president elect joe biden he wants back in. The responsibilities of the signatories to the pact includes determining planning and regularly reporting on the contribution they undertake to mitigate Global Warming. But his name mechanism forces the country to set a specific emissions target by a specific date is the pairs agreement succeeding 5 years on. Will find out more as the executive secretary of the Un Framework Convention on Climate Change the 3 c. E. O. s bonanza talks to aljazeera. Patricio espinosa executive secretary of the un Climate Change commission thank you for talking to aljazeera at 1st as 2020 draws to a close were no reflecting on this year of the 1000 pandemic which has stopped ever. Thing in its tracks including of course climate because he asians yet a year on there are these these whispers of optimism that we could be about to turn a corner on Climate Change the sense of optimism the sense of enormous opportunity is that what youre feeling and if so whats changed it is certainly a very exciting moment a moment where we are feeling that momentum is coming back back to the Climate Change. Process and this has to do with actually developments just over the last weeks not so long ago 2 months ago i would not have been as optimistic as i am now it has to do with a very ambitious announcement that were made by president xi from china about taking china to net 0 at the latest by 2060 and also d pledge for japan to become net 0 by 2050 the same for d korea also when were watching very closely difficult negotiations but also some positive developments in they they are a p. And union and in addition to that their results of a u. S. Television and they. Will see shown by the. President elect by then regarding their Climate Change policy in the u. S. And their involvement internationally do you think were on the brink of a revolution in the way we live and power our lives well i would say already the pandemic was clearly showing us that you know we are at a historic moment where humanity will not be able to go back to their way we lived before that pandemic exposed in a very cruel and well. A there will never abilities of the world and the need to go to war governance system and an overall system that is more sustainable that has in the center of its decisions. That wellbeing of people and this. Is between nature and human life so i think yes we are in a moment i would say in a turning point moment in history the opportunities are there the goods enough her there but that will will not translate aspartame usually in a new system that will be more sustainable mar just more peaceful we will have to work a lot to get there yeah message thing is that because even when it was agreed it was recognized that the Powers Agreement was not enough and now 5 years on were still way off meeting its goals of keeping temperatures below even 2 degrees celsius which was the upper limit of ambition. Thats correct we are still far from there we are on track to for an increase in temperature between more than 3 degrees which will we know now very clearly that that is really catastrophic for the world everywhere so we are of track it means we have an opportunity now but we are not there we need to realize we cannot relax we cannot say ok things are changing in everythings going to be ok we have very clear reasons to be hopeful and to be optimistic but at the same time all of that will require hard work lots of negotiation in countries and internationally as well and changes in our lifestyle at the individual and as you mentioned china just now a key mover in all this is you say they would be net 0 by 26 even the while its welcome still not enough as it is going to be by 2050. Covert Recovery Plan still includes stimulus for future coal Power Development which is entirely inconsistent with paris targets and india is the same its just going backwards and youre absolutely right this is one of the be challenges this is one of their d reasons why i say that it will take at really a lot of work we have seen in the last months i am president that amount of Financial Resources that are being mobilized for recovery as specially in developed countries in our in the in the. Richer part of the world but we are not seeing that all of those resources are clearly atlanta to the Paris Agreement walls and into their Sustainable Development and that is a huge risk now in that regard. I think that Decision Making leaders today have this enormous of responsibility that i was talking about do you want to go down in history as those visionary leaders that recognized this moment in history where really very important and transformative decisions needed to be to be made and sometimes that would mean also some political sacrifices that we know this is just the way things things work so at the same time i think that if we are really guided by the common good the recognition that this is the only way where we can have a peace of mind that. Leaders of today and those like elect me that have the opportunity to have. Some influence on on how things will be shaping up. We we need to have that peace of mind that we are taking the right decisions for these generations and for their 8 generations to the thing is those decisions a heart of a some than others is a leap of faith for example for india isnt it when they want to dry foods if their population of 1300000000 and yet how can they do it without emitting more Carbon Emissions its app youre absolutely right and in this regard this is why i would say Paris Agreement is really. Fantastic instrument instrument i always say the Paris Agreement is a government of full with the people of the world n. E. T. s one of the most extraordinary achievement in multilateral in the multilateral sphere why because while eating establishments the obligation for all the countries to make a contribution to. Reduce Global Warming and limit that temperature rise at the same time it also recognizes that there are different cup abilities there are special circumstances in each country and therefore that should be taken into account so one of the big challenges in bringing these international Climate Change reaching forward is to recognise that and to support those countries that need support those who have much harder at a time in really being able to achieve the goals that will allow collectively humanity to go to white so 1. 00 degrees that is what really science is telling us so its not only that we need to tell those countries ok you have to reduce your emissions but it is also a question about ok how are we the International Community going to help you or to help you in being able to access to those financing technologies pass it is that will allow you to do these transformations that theres many in various extremely difficult areas than it already alluded to lets take a couple now the currently in the news 1st up that great invisible image that is ships at sea innovate they supply 80 percent of the worlds trade transmitted across the oceans and also account for something just over 2 percent of global emissions which pretty much puts it on a par with the same emissions as germany it is not even covered at the moment by the Paris Agreement and right now the International Maritime organization just now has put forward a proposal that emissions from ships will not even be kept to this decade let alone reduced whats your reaction to that well yes certainly shipping. And also have asian are 2 sectors that are crucial for this transformation youre right its not that we are not dealing with that in our. Nations but the i am all and how on this side of occasion they have been working on the east for for some time we see some yes i would say very modest and very very small see now. That willingness of of some of these. Big shipping. Lines that are willing to explore possibilities for reducing their their emissions there was for example during the race to ciro events and there was the launch of getting to ciro quite lesions blueprint for relaxed scale system demonstration projects regarding shipping and this this is going to be key to achieve the large scale demonstration by 2025 and hopefully hopefully reach commercialize ciro emissions shipping by 2030 but you are right we are still this is one of the areas where clearly we need to work with a lot of ambition in ample way in a very courageous way and take risks yeah absolutely with the big what im reading is that ship emissions will rise to be 14 percent on the industrys 2008 baseline so its a real problem but lets move on lets move on to environmental and human rights abuses which is perhaps being created by our quest for clean energy because new cars and digital tech need Raw Materials like lithium and coal but and as as we know many countries are aiming for a new patch when diesel comes by around about 2030 which means electric cars will come on line they need these rheumatiz. Rules and this week were getting headlines like this children paying the price for eco costs muggeridge congolese miners as young as 11. 00 risk their lives for cobalt that green tech relies on another one as cobalt to demands Boom Companies must do more to protect congolese miners who often work in terrible and sometimes fatal conditions the thing is the green revolution is fueling human rights abuses how will the parents agreement come of that well i would say that indeed. In the different areas of activity that are embarking also in a more sustainable. Path of business. What we are trying to press for is that those companies also take really take take care into and Pay Attention to how does the whole value chain operate what are the standards that are being used because if you are a big company that is sat producing lets say electric vehicles electric buses its not enough that you produce electric buses which certainly will be reducing the emissions of those means of transform transportation as compared to at fossil fuel. Power to us yes but thats not enough what we what we really need is that those companies Pay Attention to what is all of their change in their of their providers how has that taking place but we need it we need them to Pay Attention but how do we ensure that that happens how can it be enshrined into the into the offices of the agreement you know every every country that has taken these. Under the Paris Agreement needs to make an incredible amount of work internationally in looking at the different areas of its economic where things need to be reinforced and while when we talk about about human rights this is actually in and that is not only linked to. The green egg and our Green Economy its an edge and that comes far from many many years ago and that is linked to all types and areas of activity. In the economy so what we need in order to to do that is that countries really enact legislation and in place institutions and mechanisms that can make sure that these situations to not occur and unfortunately in many countries what we see is that those structures those. Frameworks are not Strong Enough and so this is where a very good and important work by the Human Rights Community come seen also in order to make sure that. Their standards a minimum International Standards must be a by every everywhere in the world ok now lets move on and youve previously be mexicos foreign minister youve been ambassador to 4 countries youve been described as a consummate professional a team builder brilliant and sensitive but with a ruthless streak you have a talent to listen they say and you can play poker with the best assume thats in a diplomatic sense not cards but you know i dont know your negotiating skills are well known in the halls of the United Nations and now youre part of a pretty much a formidable female Leadership Team across the world arent you from new Zealand Angela Merkel has lived on the land a common horaces the new u. S. Vice president your previous incumbent indeed was a woman christiane a figure. In the world as woken up now to the realisation that women can do these jobs just as well perhaps there are even better than men. Well you know i i would say that women have demonstrated their their capacity to perform and to perform well and. There may be still some people that do not want to acknowledge that openly but in any case what is important is that there is still a lot of talent from women that is not fully taken advantage or of for the benefit of humankind i am i am very very proud to be able to provide an example to other women but also to be one of those who can demonstrate look this is something i as a woman can do and there are so many others that can do it as well and how important is it the women are involved in the dis Decision Making process especially in these can climb a negotiation. Well if you if you think that women represent more than 50 percent of the worlds population that already is a very very important. Reality. Important piece of information that you need to take into account when you are looking at you know who should be taking decisions for this community or for this country so i think that it is it is really high time actually i think we are still lagging behind. That the world realized as that you cannot. Work ethic effectively towards prosperity and wellbeing. Without. Benefiting from that wisdom and the capacities and the sensibilities and abuse of half of the population and its also a fact isnt the women of move honorable to the effects of Climate Change. Thats correct thats correct and unfortunately a lot has to do with still the very traditional role that we men have in in so many societies like that as they carry burst at home so remote places women if you have a drought then d women end up walking for hours and hours just to provide for some wonderful for their family at the same time i would say even in those in those assets some stances women have demonstrated that they can also be the providers of the solutions they are not only their victims but they can also be those who drive their solutions look at their very interesting electrification. Projects seen in small villages and communities seen in india or you know some. Farmers projects in in africa i mean its incredible what women have been able to show to the world so are you disappointed that the the u. K. The frontline u. K. Delegation for the for cup 26 in glasgow this Time Next Year is all male. Well i just just to to share with you i just a few days ago i had a very interesting conversation with a special envoy for the u. K. Presidency on adaptation and received the ants and this is a very bright woman who im sure is going to make an incredible contribution but of course you know we always. Encourage and this is actually a part of our. Action plan on gender and Climate Change that has been approved in the in the context of the conference of the parties that the legations should include more women in that group in their delegations of course. We certainly encourage them but i have to say at the same time im very happy to work with the incoming president and with the whole 80 yeah of course the drawings are close now but as a couple more things quickly youth the role of the Wider Population in pushing for change and youth in particular has been very important. Absolutely youth youth has been before the pandemic i would say youth has been really they moved forward d and a force for giving Climate Change and the urgency to act on climate chair change a higher visibility and youth were also very important in and still is if you look at the results of recent election process they are bowing out and giving the clear signal that they want leaders who care about environment who care about their world that they will inherit when they are really in their adult life so now we look to 2021 a better year on many accounts we hope this Time Next Year where would you be satisfied with big as far as the climate negotiations are concerned as far as Paris Agreements 6 years on it will be by then where do we need to be at that point in time given the urgency of the crisis at hand well i certainly hope that from 26 we will seem a moment where that marks the beginning of a new phase in the multilateral Climate Change process where ambition by all countries towards Carbon Neutrality by 2050 is repressed scenting the only way to achieve a sustainable healthy fair and peaceful future for all so a moment where. The leaders of the world. Recognize and agree that that is the only way forward and it is not the way forward for only for some but it is in the interest of each and everyone in the International Community that everybody comes on board because even if you have some places where you would see really incredible commitments incredible plans putting together but if elsewhere in the world you continue to see whole fired power plants you continue to see really uncontrolled busy emission of emissions of the very. Dangerous and very harmful gases like methane that would really put at risk still everyone not it would not exclude those who would have shown you know that they are willing to do their utmost effort which will see what the next 12 months brings executive secretary professor its been as a thank you for talking with. Thank you thank you. I. 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