Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the conference “is not a finish line, but a new starting point” and that any agreement must take into account the differences among nations.

“Countries should be allowed to seek their own solutions, according to their national interest,” he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called climate change “one of the greatest threats humanity is facing.”

“Russia not only prevented the increase of greenhouse emissions, it has reduced them,” he said, promising a 70% reduction in emissions from 1990 levels by 2030.

At Secure Data Recycling we applaud these words but hope that the mighty China and Russia will truly start to look into the issues created by their own industrial forces.

We will do our part here in the UK but it is so insignificant compared to the waste created by the giants of the USA, Russia and China.