"Most of the agreement should be binding," he said in remarks to the press on occasion of the start of the high level segment of the meeting, scheduled through Friday, Dec.11.
The matter of scope is on the negotiation table, and not few people here warn of the risk that the powerful may ignore their promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support the most vulnerable, as happened with the Official Development Assistance, failed to be complied with by most industrialized nations.
According to the UN chief, a very important element is that 186 countries already sent their climate plans, envisaging almost all greenhouse gas emissions, including the carbon dioxide, the nitrogen dioxides and methane.
Even though a binding international agreement is not reached, those plans constitute a binding domestic agreement, he said.
Ban also highlighted the intention to set in the summit the mechanisms of verification of the eventual agreement, including a verification of what is agreed every five years, with the first revision set by 2020.
In his meeting with the press, the diplomat reiterated his expectations that an agreement comes out from the meeting, in line with the global clamor for an instrument capable to reduce environmental pollution and maintain the increase in temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius.
"I hope that with the French leadership and the work of facilitators we could have a clear agreement Wednesday that can be checked Thursday and be adopted on Friday," he stated.
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