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12/17/2014
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Countries participating in the World Climate Conference agreed to reduce emissions of greenhouse until June 2015
The main advance of the 20th World Climate Conference, COP 20, was hit all countries, including developing countries, are showing reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions until June 2015.
Then, the United Nations (UN) will judge whether, overall, these offerings meet the necessary cuts to avoid excessive warming. Next year, in Paris, the countries meet again to close the definitive agreement for 2020.
The new treaty will be binding on all countries and will impact various economic sectors. The main objective is to prevent the planet's temperature from rising more than 2 ° C by the end of this century. Developing countries should also include emissions reduction targets of greenhouse until June 2015.
draft zero
The COP 20, held in Lima, Peru, brought together 196 countries that have adopted the "zero draft" of this future global climate agreement after the richest nations made concessions.
The approved document highlights the historical guilt of emissions of greenhouse gases, which gives more responsibility to developed countries compared to developing countries.
The chairman of the Joint Committee on Climate Change, Mr Alfredo Sirkis (PSB-RJ), followed the work in Lima. According to him, Brazil still needs to advance, but has done his homework. "Because we reduced terms, from 2005 to 2012, our deforestation by about 82%, we reduced our emissions by about 5% compared to 1999. It seems, but it is more than any other developing country. so Brazil is not that bad on the tape, which does not mean that we are well. "
Syrkis pointed out, however, that there is still much to do in terms of reducing deforestation. "We have to reduce our emissions in agriculture and the most worrying of all are our emissions in the energy field, the burning of fossil fuels in the energy sector, with the thermal power plants."
The United States, in turn, decreased the emission of gases after beginning to use the shale gas to replace coal. But, according to the deputy Alfredo Sirkis, the biggest problem is the lack of political support in the US Senate to the climate issue. "Republicans have a totally absurd posture. They deny the existence of climate change caused by human activities. They are deniers. International treaties have to be ratified by a qualified majority by the US Senate. So, there's no way in the coming years while there is a Republican majority in the US sign any international treaty. "
Consistency of the document
Difficulties as this influenced the consistency at the COP 20 of the document, reduced in comparison to other developed countries to curb their pollution between 2015 and 2020.
There was a strong result on this subject, so that the text uses the diplomatic jargon "encourages" and not "decide". In this case, the "zero draft" asks analysis "ambitious" contain opportunities for the release of gases into the atmosphere.
The document also mentions the creation of elements that will be part of the new agreement, as cutting emissions, reducing deforestation, innovations in industry, investments in renewable energy etc. There is still no definition about it and the issue will again be discussed next year in Paris.
Environmentalists warn of the possibility of more frequent occurrence of extreme events such as droughts, floods, melting poles and rising sea levels, if nothing is done to stop global warming.
The other point of the document includes the type of methodology that countries follow to formulate their emissions reduction targets. The agreed outcome at COP 20 says countries will have an obligation to present only mitigation proposals, ie measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Only if they want, they may include data on adaptation.
Source: Agency Board
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