Many of us are here arguing for a pace of response that will represent a significant backsliding from even that very modest undertaking of five years ago. This is not what we have been sent here to do. This is not what is expected of us - we who have a responsibility for protecting the health of this planet. This can not be all that we are capable of achieving. There is no doubt that climate change presents an enormous challenge.
Climate change is about how humans use energy.
Fundamentally it is about our economies, our security and our ways of life. No one should imagine that change will come easily. But change must come. The people of this planet give us the mandate. This tailor- made multilateral institution gives us the means.