The recently concluded 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) held in Paris, France, was a failure, according to a former party-list representative and a civil society group.

Walden Bello, an ex-leader of the Akbayan party-list allied with President Benigno Aquino 3rd, said the Paris climate conference was a “step back” because the United States and other industrialized nations denied the Philippine suggestion to penalize fossil-dependent developed countries that are to blame for pollution.

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