{"id":43778,"date":"2015-03-01T22:44:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T14:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43778"},"modified":"2015-03-01T22:44:49","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T14:44:49","slug":"hollande-tells-typhoon-hit-philippine-town-folk-he-will-remember-them-at-paris-climate-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/01\/hollande-tells-typhoon-hit-philippine-town-folk-he-will-remember-them-at-paris-climate-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollande tells typhoon hit Philippine town folk he will remember them at Paris climate talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno S. Aquino III leads the welcoming ceremony for President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande of the French Republic at Malaca\u00f1an Palace. (Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

GUIUAN,\u00a0Philippines\u2014French President Francois Hollande on Friday took his warning about the need for funds for a landmark climate deal to a central\u00a0Philippine\u00a0town that was devastated by a killer typhoon in 2013.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a public school in Guiuan, where Typhoon Haiyan made its first landfall before claiming more than 7,300 lives, Hollande promised to \u201cremember your faces\u201d when France hosts the climate conference in December.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, he and President Benigno Aquino III launched an international appeal to back efforts to seal the accord in Paris. Hollande warned that there will be no deal if wealthy countries don\u2019t commit adequate funds to help poor nations fight global warming.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to come here in Guiuan to show to the entire world what a disaster you have suffered,\u201d he told a crowd of more than 1,000. \u201cI wanted to show them your houses destroyed, the port damaged, your church that collapsed.\u201d<\/p>\n

French actresses, Oscar winner Marion Cotillard and Melanie Laurent, added star power to Hollande\u2019s visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope he can help us. Our town is always hit by typhoons, we are like the doorway for typhoons,\u201d said Arnel Castillo, a 29-year-old fisherman. The father of two said he was struggling to provide for his family after his boat was destroyed in the typhoon onslaught.<\/p>\n

The Paris agreement isn\u2019t expected to stop climate change, but organizers hope to secure for the first time the commitment of most countries to do something about it. Previously only rich countries have committed to limit their emissions of global warming gases, primarily carbon dioxide, from the burning of coal, oil and gas.<\/p>\n

The slow-moving U.N. talks got a boost last year when top climate polluters China and the U.S. jointly announced emissions-limiting pledges for the Paris deal, which would take effect in 2020. The European Union and Norway have also presented climate targets.<\/p>\n

The conference faces a major dilemma on how to raise $100 billion in yearly climate aid by 2020 to help poorer economies transition to clean energy.<\/p>\n

Hollande chose the\u00a0Philippines, devastated by one of the most powerful typhoons on record to hit land on Nov. 8, 2013, to warn of the dangers of global warming and urge governments to pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

Aquino, whose archipelago nation is exposed to typhoons in the Pacific Ocean more than any other, said Thursday the impact of climate change on the\u00a0Philippines\u00a0has been massive, with storms of larger magnitude hitting the country during and even off the typhoon season.<\/p>\n

Scientists say man-made global warming has contributed to rising seas and a general increase in strength in the most powerful tropical cyclones. But they won\u2019t specifically apply these factors to Haiyan, saying it is impossible to attribute single weather events, like the typhoon, to climate change.<\/p>\n

The international appeal the two leaders made, named \u201cCall of Manila,\u201d urges the international community \u201cto conclude a universal, equitable and ambitious climate deal … to preserve our planet as a livable place for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

It says developing countries like the\u00a0Philippines\u00a0have contributed the least to climate change, but are the ones that suffer the most from global warming.<\/p>\n

Associated Press writers Oliver Teves, Jim Gomez and Teresa Cerojano contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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