French President Francois Hollande (L) welcomes Ecuador's President Rafael Correa as he arrives for the opening day of the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 30, 2015. [Photo/Agencies] |
ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT RAFAEL CORREA:
"An environmental debt needs to be paid." An international court for environmental justice should be set up. "It is not understandable that we have courts to force countries to pay financial debts but we do not have a court to enforce environmental debts."