Some
African leaders may stay away
Some
African leaders may boycott the summit on Thursday and Friday:
"It would be a pity if a conflict meant that we don't
reach an agreement," says UN top climate official.
Marianne Bom - 14/12/2009 - African countries say that significant
progress needs to be made in climate negotiations during
the next few days in Copenhagen. If that does not happen,
it is indicated that some leaders may stay away from the
summit on Thursday and Friday, reports The Guardian.
"It
is as serious a situation as it ever has been. It is more
than probable many heads of state will not come if the negotiations
are not complete. Why should a head of state come to sign
an agreement that is basically a non-agreement," an
African negotiator said to The Guardian – on condition
of anonymity.
Janos
Pasztor, director of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate
Change Support Team, commented by saying:
"This
is a consensus process…If they are really meaning
that they are going to boycott, and if they are going to
do that, it's serious. It would be a pity if a conflict
meant that we don't reach an agreement."
On
Monday morning, the Africa Group warned that the Kyoto Protocol
may "be killed" if the negotiations at the UN
climate conference continue in fewer tracks as suggested
by the Presidency, according to the group.
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The
Africa Group – representing 53 countries – said
at a press briefing that it would not accept a new climate
deal that was not based on the Kyoto Protocol.
New
model for climate funding Norway and Mexico launch a joint
model to provide predictable funding for climate actions
in developing countries, starting in 2013.
Marianne
Bom - 14/12/2009 - Norway and Mexico join forces and propose
a model for climate funding at the negotiations in Copenhagen.
The model establishes a Green Fund for financing of climate
actions in developing countries.
Contributions
to the Green Fund should come both from public budgets and
from auctioning of emission allowances. According to the
proposal, the scale of the Green Fund could start around
10 billion dollars per year by 2013 and increase to 30-40
billion dollars by 2020.
Mexico's
President Felipe Calderón (photo above) and Norway's
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg "hope that through
our joint proposal we can help develop a funding model everyone
can endorse," they say in a common statement.
"To
achieve an ambitious outcome in Copenhagen, it is crucial
that we reach an agreement on financing climate actions
in developing countries," they say.
Both
countries find the resources so far raised for funding climate
actions in developing countries inadequate. At an earlier
stage in the negotiations both Norway and Mexico tabled
proposals that could give increased predictable funding
for climate actions in developing countries. The new model
combines these proposals.
Norway's
proposal is a model where a certain percentage of the total
UN-allowances should be set aside for international auctioning
to finance climate actions in developing countries. Mexico
has proposed to establish a Green Fund that draws funding
based on each country's emissions, GDP and population. The
joint model uses both sources of income.
"In
order to raise an adequate amount we will combine complementary
sources of financing. This money should both finance adaption
and mitigation efforts in developing countries. Financing
should be based on results," Calderón and Stoltenberg
say, according to a press release.
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