Summary

  • A two-week UN summit in Paris has agreed the first climate deal to commit all countries to cut emissions

  • The international agreement was gavelled through by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to claps and cheers

  • More than 190 countries had been working on the pact for four years after earlier attempts to reach such a deal failed

  • Negotiations ran into the small hours for three consecutive nights in order to hammer out the final draft

Live Reporting

Jonathan Webb, Matt McGrath, Helen Briggs and Mark Kinver

  1. Get Involved

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  2. Send us your questions

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    Mark Westcott in London emails:

    Which would be the first nations to disappear if climate change continues at the present rate; I understood them to be: first Tuvalu, and second: the Maldives? Is this correct? What number would Vanuatu be?

  3. Some of the small islands could disappear

    Matthew hears how some of Vanuatu's 80 islands could disappear under the rising seas.

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    Lucie HP, in the UK, emails:

    Does kastom [traditional culture] in Vanuatu provide people with any ways to adapt to climate change?

  5. What do you think?

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    Luis Calvo, Queretaro, Mexico

    I would like to know how the countries and leaders will make sure all the commitments and agreements are fulfilled. There is no time left for more failures.

  6. Get in touch

    Libby in Scarborough, via WhatsApp

    I was in Vanuatu in 2013. Given the predicted sea level rises, is there any point in continuing work in prevention and protection, or should we be focussing purely on helping people to move further inland and uphill?

  7. Cost of a coconut

    Moving to the market, Matthew explained that the price of coconuts has doubled recently in the wake of extreme weather in Vanuatu.

    The land's getting dry. Some of the crops it was not possible to grow.

    Andrew, Vanuatu resident

  8. Join in

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      Palmeri, Chase in Rome

    Hi, wondering what the people in Vanuatu feel is the best thing that their government can do to help them face climate change? 

    Also, is there a preference would they prefer to focus on earning foreign exchange through crops like coffee and vanilla to then buy imported food, or to focus on finding ways to combat salinisation, and rising temperatures in adaptation of their own food production systems?    

  9. Fears for the future

    If you've just joined us, use the 'Live Coverage' tab above to watch the BBC's Matthew Price in Vanuatu

    I worry about Vanuatu. We need to reduce the carbon emissions in the atmosphere. We need to reduce the pollution.

    Joseph Nok, Local Red Cross chairman

  10. Weather extremes on Vanuatu

    John says that just this year, Vanuatu has suffered both from drought and the impacts of Cyclone Pam. 

  11. Get involved

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    Chandrashekar Tamirisa, Hyderabad, India

    Are we already beyond the point of no return for climate change?

  12. Join the discussion

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    Dan Cacchiotti

    What will be the cost of implementing corrective change and who will carry the financal burden?

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    John, Harrogate

    Isn't it vital to start exploring solutions to ameliorate the affect [of climate change] in those countries most in danger from rising sea levels, drought, encroaching deserts, etc.

  14. A view from the 'frontline' of climate change

    John Kalmatak, who has lived on Nguna island in Vanuatu for 76 years, is with Matthew now to respond to your questions and comments.

  15. Join us live, now!

    Watch the BBC's Matthew Price answer your questions from Vanuatu using the "live coverage" tab above.

  16. Live in 10 minutes: The sharp end of climate change

    Video Q&A from Vanuatu

    Stay here on this page for a live Q&A at 21:00 GMT with the BBC's Matthew Price in Vanuatu, a nation afflicted by cyclones and droughts. You can follow the discussion via the "live coverage" tab at the top of the page. Here's Matthew earlier:

    A strong theme at the summit here in Paris has been the plight of small island states.

    During yesterday's cavalcade of leaders' speeches, figures from countries like Tuvalu and Kiribati stood out in their directness.

    If we save Tuvalu, we will surely save the world.

    Enele Sopoaga, Prime Minister of Tuvalu

  17. A conference centre slows down for the night

    The negotiations - the formal ones, at least - have all concluded for the day here in Paris. Screens, dotted everywhere around the vast site, have flickered into a holding pattern.

    a grid of live screens all showing screen savers

    Earlier, many of them carried live video from different sessions - while some showed the document at the heart of COP21 being edited, in real time.

    screen showing text of document and a panel member from the relevant session
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  18. Looking towards a distant finishing line - with optimism

    Roger Harrabin
    BBC environment analyst

    Two days into the conference and there is one crucial question on everyone’s lips: When shall we book our tickets home?

    The summit is due to end on Friday week, but it would be a miracle if it didn’t spill into Saturday as nations try to wring out last-minute concessions by holding the meeting to ransom.

    The Lima summit in 2014 dragged into the middle of Saturday night. Will this meeting outstrip that as the French strain for their political legacies?

    A session in one of the plenary roomsReuters

    A question of legacy: The summit's president Laurent Fabius leaves the stage during yesterday's opening ceremony

    Behind the scenes some diplomats are showing unusual signs of optimism.

    Small multi-national groups have been created to meet in huddles and thrash out problems over single paragraphs. They’re known as informal informals.

    There is, the source said, greater speed and urgency than before. But will we get home for Sunday dinner?

  19. The view from Vanuatu - join us at 21:00 GMT

    Don't forget to join us on this page later for a live Q&A with Matthew Price, direct from one of the places seriously threatened by the effects of climate change.

    Click here to see how you can get in touch.

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  20. What happens now the leaders have left?

    Matt McGrath
    Environment correspondent, BBC News

    Many negotiators will have breathed a big sigh of relief - the bosses have come and gone

    Everyone said the right things. The prospects of a deal haven't been harmed, even if they weren't hugely advanced.

    Today, the more regular routines of COP life kicked in.

    The day started with a plenary session of the parties, where every nation's negotiating team is represented.

    Formal opening statements summed up the key points from each country's perspective.

    Then began three separate layers of negotiations, trying to thrash out the words and paragraphs of a text that everybody can walk away with - and make sense of.