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World Leaders Launch Bid for Climate Breakthrough SUBSCRIPTION TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015 SAFAR 19, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Bedoons to At NATO, For some people, Bryant says get Comoros Turkey remains the older the this is last citizenship defiant over smartphone, season of his soon: Jarrah6 Russian7 jet the27 better epic18 career World leaders launch bid Min 13º Max 28º for climate breakthrough High Tide 02:03 & 14:29 Low Tide Hollande: World at ‘breaking point’ • Obama: World at ‘turning point’ 09:25 & 21:52 40 PAGES NO: 16714 150 FILS PARIS: World leaders launched an ambitious attempt yester- day to hold back the earth’s rising temperatures, with French President Francois Hollande saying the world was at “break- ing point” in the fight against global warming. Some 150 heads of state and government, including US President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, urged each other to find common cause in two weeks of bargain- ing to steer the global economy away from its dependence on fossil fuels. They arrived at United Nations climate change talks in Paris accompanied by high expectations and armed with promises to act. After decades of struggling negotiations and the failure of a summit in Copenhagen six years ago, some form of landmark agreement appears all but assured by mid-December. Warnings from climate scientists, demands from activists and exhortations from religious lead- ers like Pope Francis have coupled with major advances in cleaner energy sources like solar power to raise pressure for cuts in carbon emissions held responsible for warming the planet. Most scientists say failure to agree on strong measures in Paris would doom the world to ever-hotter average tempera- KUWAIT: Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Dr Mohammad Yousef Al- tures, bringing with them deadlier storms, more frequent Hashel (left) presents HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- droughts and rising sea levels as polar ice caps melt. Facing Sabah a set of commemorative coins issued in his honor at Bayan Palace such alarming projections, the leaders of nations responsible yesterday. — KUNA for about 90 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emis- sions have come bearing pledges to reduce their national CBK issues commemorative carbon output, through different measures at different rates. For some, climate change has become a pressing issue at home. As the summit opened in Paris, the capi- coins on Amir’s UN honor tals of the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, were blanketed in hazardous, choking smog, KUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait ed to HH the Amir in recognition of his with Beijing on “orange” pollution alert, the second- (CBK) has issued commemorative coins contributions to alleviating the suffer- highest level. Over the next two weeks, negotiators will to mark the first anniversary of the UN ing of people around the world, his hammer out the strongest international climate pact honoring of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah support and efforts regarding humani- yet. The deal will mark a momentous step in the often Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as a tarian causes and promoting amicable frustrating quest for global agreement, albeit one that - PARIS: French President Francois Hollande (left) meets Kuwaiti Prime Minister “Humanitarian Leader” in 2014, CBK resolution of disputes, Hashel said in a on its own - will not be enough to prevent the earth’s HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah on his arrival for the opening of the UN Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel press statement yesterday. temperatures from rising past a damaging threshold. conference on climate change yesterday at Le Bourget on the outskirts of the said. The award by the UN was present- Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 French capital. — AFP Pope visits mosque in strife-torn CAR Kuwaiti raises flag at Everest KUWAIT: Another Kuwaiti mountaineer succeeded in reaching the Mount Everest Base Camp and raised the Kuwaiti flag and pictures of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah. Continued on Page 13 BANGUI: Pope Francis (center) looks on alongside Imam Nehedid Tidjani (second left) during a visit to the Central Mosque in the capital yesterday. — AFP BANGUI, Central African Republic: Pope Thousands of people gathered at the Francis yesterday said Christians and roadside, cheering as his popemobile Assembly warns govt over Muslims were “brothers” and urged them drove down the red dirt roads. As his vehi- to reject hatred and violence as he visited a cle passed, many waving Vatican flags and failure to implement laws mosque in the Central African Republic’s dressed in long traditional robes, ran down capital which has been ravaged by sectari- the road after it, an AFP correspondent an conflict. On the last leg of a three-nation said. “Christians and Muslims are brothers Dashti: Change name of road tour of Africa, the leader of the world’s 1.2 and sisters,” he said after meeting Muslim Kuwaiti mountaineer Fuad Qabazard waves the billion Catholic visited a flashpoint Muslim leaders at the Koudoukou mosque in the By B Izzak the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. Kuwaiti flag at the Mount Everest Base Camp. — KUNA neighborhood in Bangui on what was the PK5 district, the last Muslim enclave in Dashti proposed to name the street after most dangerous part of his 24-hour visit. Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: The National Assembly yester- martyr Ahmad Qabazard, who was killed day sent a rare warning to the govern- during the Iraqi invasion of 1990-91. He ment for failure to apply legislations said Qabazard was a resident of the area Mixed verdict in burning of Palestinian teen passed by the National Assembly in the and naming the street in his honor will JERUSALEM: A Jerusalem court found two Israelis guilty past two years. MP Youssef Al-Zalzalah please residents and all Kuwaitis. yesterday of the burning alive of a Palestinian teen in the said after chairing a meeting of Assembly Meanwhile, MP Mohammad Al-Hadiya run-up to last year’s Gaza war, but held off on convicting panels that MPs are prepared to go as far yesterday totally rejected any govern- the alleged ringleader, raising the risk of fresh tensions. as sending a non-cooperation letter with ment measures that target low income The ruling comes amid two months of Palestinian attacks the government, which means urging HH people as a means of narrowing the and the court’s decision to delay the main suspect’s con- the Amir to change the government. budget deficit due to the sharp fall of oil viction to evaluate his mental state drew criticism from Zalzalah told reporters that the govern- revenues. He said there are many solu- the victim’s family and Islamist movement Hamas. ment is obliged to prepare and issue tions to meet the budget deficit away In yesterday’s ruling, two Jewish Israelis who were bylaws for legislation approved by the from placing any financial burdens on the minors when they were charged were convicted by the Assembly in order to start implementing people. Hadiya insisted that he and other court of the July 2, 2014 abduction and murder of them, but the government has lagged MPs will stand against any government Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 16. The third defendant, a 31- behind. measure that could hurt the income of year-old Israeli settler viewed as the ringleader, was He said that in case of facing difficulties the people. found to have committed the crime, but the court held to apply the laws, concerned ministers The lawmaker was commenting on off on convicting him after his lawyers submitted a report should come back to Assembly panels in a reports that the finance ministry was in recent days arguing his mental state meant he was not bid to find appropriate solutions to the planning to cancel food subsidies to citi- responsible for his actions. obstacles. Zalzalah also criticized the gov- zens whose monthly income is over KD Abu Khdeir’s father denounced the delay in the ver- ernment for failing to properly select its 1,300. The finance ministry has already dict and called for the trio’s houses to be demolished, priority issues as failure to do so has con- denied the report, reiterating that no as Israel does for Palestinian attackers. “The court fused assembly panels and hindered its decision has been taken yet regarding behaves one way with Arabs and another way with work. subsidies on services and commodities, Jews,” Hussein Abu Khdeir told reporters outside the In another development, MP except on diesel and kerosene. The min- court, calling the last-minute psychiatric report by JERUSALEM: The father Hussein and mother Suha of Palestinian teenager Abdulhameed Dashti yesterday urged istry said that the issue is still under con- Yosef Haim Ben-David’s lawyers a “trick” and asking Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was killed last year, stand with posters of their son changing of the name of a main road in sideration. why it was not submitted earlier. outside the district court yesterday. — AFP Rumaithiya named after Hassan Al-Banna, Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 LOCAL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2015 His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Canada’s Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General — Amiri Diwan photos for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen Rothwell O’Brien. Omair takes oath as public works minister before Amir UN officials laud Amir’s humanitarian support KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al- because of the difficulty of the conflict.” Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Jarrah Al-Sabah accompanied by Meanwhile, Guterres lauded the received at Bayan Palace yesterday, with Canada’s Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan Kuwaiti leader for his support to the attendance of His Highness the Crown along with his accompanying delega- Syrian refugees’ cause by hosting three Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber tion.
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