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Proceeding
of the Pan-European Sustainable Energy NGO Seminar -
INFORSE-Europe September, 2001, Denmark |
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Climate Strategies After COP6bis. -
Climate Network Europe Who
is Climate Network Europe? Strategies after Climate Convention Connference in Bonn, july 2001 (COP6bis)? Did Bonn settle the
Kyoto Protocol? What did the brilliant NGOs achieve in Bonn?some good things Political deal excluding only the US Kept multilateral climate policy alive Some key bad stuff excluded, especially nukes from the project mechanisms Door left open for further work on environmental standards Real chance of entry into force
and some not so good
So what is to be done in Marrakech? Political agreement must be respected in legal texts The compliance regime must retain its strength Timetables and structures for elaborating environmental standards Ratification and entry into force The Rio +10 deadline is only a year away! Key message is that we now have enough agreement to ratify Entry into force needs EU, CEE, Russia and Japan Australia and Canada politically important Implementation: how do we meet these targets?EU and CEE well placed to meet the Kyoto targetsNGOs must push voluntary restraint on loopholes, e.g. Norway Implement Kyoto targets with an eye on the long term Nuclear phase-out need not affect this, but geological sequestration may be proposed Bringing the US on board US will not propose an alternative to Kyoto in near future Now has other pressing foreign policy priorities US very unlikely to join Kyoto later Need to find ways to get US adoption of equally tough domestic policies Perhaps link with Kyoto in second commitment period? Looking to the long termWhat is the long-term climate strategy? Kyoto will set the right trends a lot more useful than it looks What new countries will be brought in to take targets? Equity, adaptation and emission rights Science and a step-by-step approach Developing countries are all different Advanced developing countries: Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, etc. Big total emitters India, China, Brazil The seriously poor Bangladesh, sub-Saharan Africa Facing up to equity Fairness and justice must be guiding principles for long term climate policy What is fair? Is per-capita allocation fair to those with low renewable resources? Can a hypothetically ideal equity be imposed? How can equity be increased in Kyoto-style context? Science and step-by step approach Science is still progressing optimal level of emissions still unknown in detail It is for industrialised countries to take the main burden of reductions Targets can be progressively tightened Combine with other measures such as renewable energy targets? Read more about Climate Network Europe's analysis and proposals |
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