“You can feel the pressure that people want it.”

Premier Darrell Pasloski returned to the territory yesterday from the COP21 conference in Paris – which is now being extended an extra day due to some countries’ resistance to drafting a global accord to combat climate change.

Pasloski was joined in France by Liberal Leader Sandy Silver, NDP Leader Liz Hanson and Grand Chief Ruth Massie of the Council of Yukon First Nations.

In the early afternoon, an hour-long briefing was provided for all of the Canadian delegates, Pasloski told the Star Thursday afternoon from Vancouver.

Mostly, the briefings would help people catch up to speed on where negotiations were going.

“It’s very complex, of course,” Pasloski said.

“The actual agreement could potentially be quite comprehensive.”

There had already been a 27-page draft global agreement, but a new version of the draft was slated to be presented this morning.

The goal of the agreement is to get all nations on board with curbing climate change – and would come into force in 2020.

“I hear that there’s good movement,” Pasloski said of the global agreement.

“But, you don’t really know for sure until it’s over ... But I am confident that there will be an agreement.”

At a conference this large, the schedules were a bit all over the place – but the Yukon delegates did great at handling it, Pasloski said.

One of the big takeaways, he noted, was that he felt the role of provinces, territories and cities were really recognized.

Another highlight was the individualized presentations each country had in a special area at the conference.

The Scandinavian countries, Pasloski said, used NASA imaging to show the changes in weather and glaciers due to climate change.

“Those kind of visuals help people a lot,” he said.

The UN conference saw about 50,000 people, Pasloski said.

In other words, it’s the biggest conference the Yukon premier has ever partaken in.

It’s also his first time visiting France.

Because of the hectic conference schedule, there wasn’t much time for sightseeing. He did pay a visit to the Bataclan theatre, where hundreds of people were murdered or wounded in the Nov. 13 terrorist attack.

Among the thousands of flowers and wreaths, Pasloski laid one more wreath down for Yukoners.

“To look and see right here, so many people were murdered just a short time ago ... it was one of those sad moments.

“Certainly, you could feel it in the air,” he said.