Unity is fragile
within the G-77
Indonesia,
former chair of the Group of 77, proposes to extend the
time frame for a new global climate treaty until June 2010.
But there is a conflict of interests within the group, The
Jakarta Post reports.
08/12/2009 17:30 - Division among the members makes it difficult
for the Group of 77 (or G-77) to speak with one voice. This
may hamper the negotiations at the ongoing UN conference
in Copenhagen.
“Differences
between (…) nations grouped under the G-77 are growing
wider on almost all crucial issues, making it increasingly
difficult for the climate talks to produce a consensus,”
The Jakarta Post reports.
The
newspaper refers to a proposal from Indonesia, former chair
of the group, to extend the existing time table for the
UN negotiations – the so-called Bali road map –
so that a new global agreement would be reached by June
2010 at the latest instead of here in Copenhagen.
“This
time frame is more realistic for a politically binding agreement,
given the huge differences among G-77 member states,”
Tri Tharyat, Indonesia’s negotiator, tells The Jakarta
Post noting that other major G-77 members like China, India,
Brazil and South Africa “have yet to respond to Indonesia’s
proposal”.
The
G-77, currently chaired by Sudan, was set up in 1964. Nowadays
it is comprised of 130 countries, mostly within the developing
world. A major division within the group is between poor
countries and nations with rapidly evolving economies, but
interests also vary between countries with and without oil
production and countries with and without large forests,
following The Jakarta Post analysis.
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
