United Nations Climate Change Conference

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will partake in the COP21 UN climate change conference in Paris on November 30, the president's office announced on Friday.

Nikolic will confer with a number of his counterpart on the sidelines of the conference.

The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) International called on governments to come up with urgent and universally binding agreements and to commit to a sustainable fight against climate change ahead of the upcoming COP21 climate summit to take place in Paris, during the G-20 Summit.

The World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) International called on governments to come up with urgent and universally binding agreements and to commit to a sustainable fight against climate change ahead of the upcoming COP21 climate summit to take place in Paris, during the G-20 Summit.

US Secretary of State John Kerry said Washington and Paris are to step up effort to destroy the Islamic State (IS) group.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius expressed regret on Nov. 12 over reported remarks by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the Paris climate summit will not deliver a binding treaty requiring countries to cut carbon emissions.

"I think that it's a formulation which could have been more fortunate," Fabius told journalists on the sidelines of the EU-Africa summit in Malta.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an discussed climate change in a video-conference call on Nov. 6, according to the world body.

The call focused on how to achieve a successful outcome at next month's climate change conference in Paris, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters in New York.

Over 60 heads of state and government meet Wednesday in Brussels for the June 10-11 bi-annual summit in Brussels between the European Union and the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean States (CELAC).

Bulgaria will be represented by President Rosen Plevneliev at the 2-day summit.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the Group of 7 industrial powers to pledge to tackle climate change during their meeting in a Bavarian Castle on Sunday. She is urging the group to give $100 billion to help poor countries tackle climate change.

President Francois Hollande arrived in the Philippines on Feb. 26, accompanied by two of France's leading actresses, to promote the fight against climate change ahead of a crucial summit of world leaders.
      

Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew will attend a climate change forum in the Philippines on Feb. 26-27, on the invitation of French President François Hollande.