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05/18/2012
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Countries initiated discussions about new global compact conference in Germany
UN members took their first steps on Thursday (17), during a conference in Bonn, on the long road to be a new global pact negotiated in 2015 for the first time, puts rich and poor under a common legal to tackle climate change.
Gathered in the former capital of West Germany, the 195 Parties to the Convention United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, the acronym in English) began to discuss how to work to achieve the target set at the conference in Durban, South Africa, in last December.
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa, who chaired the inaugural session, urged countries that began the long journey to set aside "trading practices old and useless," a reference to fights that often accompany climate negotiations.
"Time is limited and we must take very seriously the desperate pleas of some of our brothers, especially small island states," he said, alluding to the countries below sea level, threatened by rising ocean waters.
The inaugural session and the working group 'ad hoc', published by webcast on the Internet, occurred within the high-level negotiations of the UNFCCC, which ends on May 25th.
If all goes well, a new agreement will come out of the oven in 2015 to enter into force in 2020, putting rich and poor under the same legal framework to curb emissions of greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.
Currently, under the restrictions under the United Nations climate divide between developed and developing countries, a format that dates back to 1990 which, according to critics, is seriously outdated.
Today, the rich account for a greater historical responsibility for global warming. But they claim it is unfair to carry the burden of solving the problem in the future.
Their places at the table of major emitters are being taken by emerging giants like Brazil, India and China, which burn coal, oil and gas in large quantities as they struggle to get much of their populations out of poverty.
The small island states and African countries have sounded the alarm on Thursday about the "abyss of ambition", ie the difference between commitments to cut emissions and what is needed to prevent dangerous warming.
For scientists, the emission current can cause a warming of 4 ° C, twice the safe limit established in 2011 by parties to the UNFCCC.
"Commitments to mitigate the risk of inadequate bring a temperature rise that will have devastating effects worldwide, particularly in Africa," said Seyni Nafo, spokesman for the African group.
Speaking on behalf of small island states, Marlene Moses, Nauru, warned that the "abyss of ambition" is so deep now that the negotiations in 2015 will be discussing how to relocate people from countries that have become uninhabitable.
Until now, the prospects of 2015 are open, except for the requirement to meet the principle of the framework of "common but differentiated", a term that distinguishes the demands that must be submitted in rich and poor, respectively.
Those who reduce their emissions, how will this cut, the compliance regime of the pact and even their legal status are among the many issues that should be widely adjusted in an arena complex and multifaceted.
On the one hand, developing countries require a demonstration of good will of the rich. They want the European Union and its allies to renew and deepen their commitments under the Kyoto Protocol, the only global treaty that cuts down on greenhouse gases.
In contrast, the United States, who refuse to ratify the treaty signed in Japan and which expires this year, leading to charges that the emerging giants, including Brazil, strengthen their promises to cut emissions and commitments to open their exams minute.
In a sign that there will be disputes ahead, the UNFCCC said the first committee meeting of the Climate Change Fund, an initiative designed to raise up to 100 billion dollars a year to help the poorest, has been postponed.
The meeting, scheduled for May 31, was delayed "pending the completion of the nomination process" by countries that want to place a panel of 24 seats, said the convention.
Source: Ig News
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