UNFCCC Executive Secretary - a sense of humor

Christiana Figueres’ one liner of the week. Earlier this week, she overheard a rather self-affected, loud man on his mobile phone, saying: “No no no, I don’t have time totalk to you, I’m very busy, I’m here at COP71.” Ms Figueres said she hoped there'd NEVER be a COP71!

Two of the negotiating tracks, particularly the track on adaptation, are closing today. There has been a serious engagement with the topic of going forward with the Kyoto Protocol or the second commitment period.

The global business plan’s triple bottom line:

- adaptation just as important as mitigation;

- plan has to enhance speed of global mitigation;

- has to address poverty powerfully.

Christiana Figueres says: “Negotiators are thinking and moving in the right direction – albeit too slowly and too conservatively. But is business doing enough, fast enough? I am here to tell you: do more!”