Key players in the negotiations, such as Brazil, insist a strong and durable climate agreement remains within reach.
In their conversation, the presidents "underscored their firm commitment to work together to reach an ambitious and durable climate change agreement," the White House said.
It would also be viewed as deeply unfair by many countries, thus undermining the political cohesion we need to build an effective and durable climate system going forward," Stern said.
"This moment demands we do not leave Paris without a durable, ambitious climate agreement".
"We need to get the job done,'' Kerry said in a hard-hitting speech to the Paris meeting, "This moment demands we do not leave Paris without a durable ambitious climate agreement".
On Friday they will outline new and existing domestic measures to show the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses are serious about reaching those targets and will "lead the world toward a durable global climate agreement," the U.S. official said.
Hence, genome engineering via CRISPR-Cas system for targeted mutagenesis promise its immense potential in generating elite cultivars of crop plants with enhanced and durable climate resilience.
"Heads of state can and will change but I am confident that we can and we will sustain a durable international effort to counter climate change," he said.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon has called on foreign and environmental leaders to seize the moment and secure a "durable, dynamic, credible and fair" climate agreement.
The key to climate livability is building a durable, dynamic civilization that is highly resilient to extreme heat, extreme cold, floods, storms, and so on.
