"We cannot wait too long to translate the science into the policies that are necessary to fix it," said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. "What we do right now - today - matters, because if we don't go far enough, fast enough, the damage we inflict could take centuries to undo - If it can be undone at all."
"We don't get a second chance," Kerry said in a speech in Marrakech. "The consequences of failure would be, in most cases, irreversible."
The daunting task demands global efforts, from developed and developing countries a like, on the principles of equity, common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities.
Developed countries, whose historical emissions contributed to much of today's climate change challenges, need to do more.
They should set a clearer timeline and a roadmap for the implementation of their promise to provide 100 billion U.S. dollars each year by 2020 to help developing countries address climate change.
Developed countries should also put forward a new, larger funding plan compatible with further climate actions to be taken by developing countries after 2020.
Sustainable development, according to UN estimates, will require 5-7 trillion dollars annually to fund the global transition to a low-carbon economy.
The election of Donald Trump, who once denied global warming as a "hoax" and threatened to pull out of the Paris Agreement, has cast a shadow of uncertainty over Marrakesh.
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