EU Presser Briefing just finished here in Cancun
Posted on 10. Dec, 2010 by Andrea Cinquina in E.U.
EU Presser Briefing just finished here in Cancun
Connie Hedegaard sad that the situation is not going in the right way, as she has not seen enough progress in some areas as MRV, Market Mechanism, Future accounting rules or the legal form.
“we don’t have enough to keep us below 2 degrees, we are still at 60% of what it should be done” said Hedegaard.
Joke Schauvliege, from the Belgium presidency said that EU came here in order to achieve a balanced package with all elements, including difficult issues like mitigation and transparency. He stressed how the pledges made in the last COP, even is they are not enough to avoid dangerous climate change, must be introduced into the UN process. There is the need to be more ambitious, to do more. Schauvliege said that EU is here to save process and climate.
Then the question and answer started.
On the EU position:
The EU reminded how is not wise to go into details right now, because they are still working, but there are some promising elements to succeed and to compromise.
On compromise:
For the EU the science and UNEP advice must be reflected in the text that is hopefully going to be agreed by the end of the day. The pledges in the Copenhagen Accord are just the beginning, not the end of the story.
On the KP:
The Kyoto Protocol as it is is not enough. We tried to find solutions with both Japan and Russia yesterday. We know their position but in an international process parties need to be flexible.
We spent the night in consultations, everyone knows what is at stake, Japan and Russia know too.
On a question about loopholes on LULUCF
There has been progress on LULUCF. Later today we need to look at all the text together and see where compromises are necessary between different elements.
On a legally binding outcome:
Our wish has been to get a legally binding deal done in South Africa. How realistic it is to get it in South Africa will depend on how it will end today. The more we get done in next few hours the smoother the path to Durban will be. We want to make major steps in Durban.
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Andrea Cinquina è un ragazzo italiano di trenta anni, nato e cresciuto a Pescara, in Abruzzo. Laureato in Economia Ambientale presso l'Universitá di Pescara, ha frequentato un master internazionale di due anni in Svezia sugli studi ambientali e le scienze sostenibili. continua a leggere »
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