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		<title>De nuevo en punto muerto / Negotiations reach deadlock</title>
		<link>http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/12/14/de-nuevo-en-punto-muerto-negotiations-reach-deadlock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ferran Esteve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spain]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[El grupo africano muestra su malestar de nuevo y reclama más compromiso / The African group shows his discomfort again and seeks more commitment]]></description>
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<p>Es algo que ya me habían advertido: la <strong>segunda semana</strong> de la cumbre de Copenhague va a ser un caos. Cuando llegué aquí hace once días me explicaron que el Bella Center tiene una capacidad para 15.000 personas y que, sin embargo, las acreditaciones ya rondaban las 30.000.</p>
<p>Así pues, esta mañana no me ha extrañado encontrar <strong>una cola larguísima a las puertas del centro de convenciones</strong>. Aquellos que no tenían acreditación han tenido que esperar durante horas y, al parecer, muchos de ellos ni tan siquiera han podido entrar.</p>
<p>Mi compañero <strong>Andrea</strong>, el <strong>tracker italiano</strong>, ha llegado un poco más tarde y lo ha vivido así:</p>
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<p>Tal y como luego me ha contado: &#8220;Es la cola más larga que he visto en mi vida, porque en Italia no hacemos colas&#8221;</p>
<p>Aquí dentro todo está muy concurrido y, al parecer, en los próximos días van a reducir el número de asistentes, otorgando un <strong>número limitado de acreditaciones</strong> a cada ONG. Mañana y pasado, sólo permitirán el paso a 7.000 miembros de la sociedad civil El jueves a 1.000 y el viernes a un centenar.</p>
<p>De momento yo tengo el <strong>pase asegurado hasta el miércoles</strong>. Os contaré lo que pueda hasta que me echen de aquí :-)</p>
<p>Las negociaciones también se han reanudado hoy de una manera algo atropellada. Los países africanos, apoyados por el G-77 (el grupo de países en desarrollo) <strong>han abandonado de nuevo las negociaciones</strong>. A su entender,, el proceso no está avanzando en lo importante, los compromisos vinculantes, y a cuatro días del fin de la cumbre, prefieren boicotear las negociaciones antes que seguir por una vía que conduzca a <strong>un acuerdo escrito sobre papel mojado</strong>.</p>
<p>Como reacción, el llamado <strong>grupo Umbrella</strong> (colición de países desarrollados no europeos que se formó tras el protocolo de Kioto) ha saboteado las negociaciones sobre este protocolo.</p>
<p>Hay que recordar que, pese a sus limitaciones, y a no haber sido ratificado por Estados Unidos, <strong>el protocolo de Kioto es el único mecanismo que establece compromisos vinculantes</strong> a los Estados que lo han firmado. Por este motivo, los países en desarrollo no están dispuestos a renunciar a èl en favor de un acuerdo más laxo que nadie seguiría en el futuro.</p>
<p>Por eso los países africanos reclaman que el segundo período de compromisos de Kioto (a partir de 2013) sea la prioridad absoluta de las negociaciones. Mientras eso no sea así, prefieren retirarse del resto de mesas de debate.</p>
<p>La semana pasada, <strong>Alicia Montalvo</strong>, delegada jefe de la delegación española, consideraba que posturas tan extremas bloquean la negociación. Además, recordaba que si Estados Unidos no ha ratificado el protocolo de Kioto, no puede sentarse a discutirlo, de modo que las negociaciones se bloquean porque “<strong>no hay un marco formal donde negociar con Estados Unidos</strong>”</p>
<p>Esta tarde asisto de nuevo con a la reunión de la delegación española con las ONG españolas. En esta ocasión nos recibe mi primera adoptada, <a href="http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/03/vengo-a-adoptarla-i-came-to-adopt-you/"><strong>Teresa Ribera</strong></a>, secretaria de Estado por el cambio climático. Espero que nos aclare cuáles son los pasos a seguir tras este bloqueo. <strong>La Unión Europea debería dar un paso firme</strong> para desbloquear las negociaciones y recuperar el liderazgo que tuvo en cambio climático hace apenas tres o cuatro años.</p>
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		<title>The strange air of tranquillity</title>
		<link>http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/05/the-strange-air-of-tranquillity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosa Kouri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rosa reveals zen negotiating tactics, accepts outcome]]></description>
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<p><em>Rosa reveals zen negotiating tactics, accepts outcome</em></p>
<p>An air of tense calm hung low in the halls of the UN today. There were a few plenary negotiating sessions, but most happened behind closed doors. I didn’t catch sight of the Canadian lead negotiator, I can only assume he was in the midst of those closed sessions.</p>
<p>On my way home, I asked several people in the halls what happened throughout the day, most shrugged listlessly and gave me blank looks.</p>
<p>Despite their overenthusiastic responses, I managed to glean a bit of information. The talks seemed to have recovered from the <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/rich-countries-halt-barcelona-climate-talks-with-inaction-africa-walks-out/">walkout</a> by the African Group of nations. When they left on Tuesday, the Kyoto Protocol discussions were suspended for twenty-four hours. There are mixed feelings as to whether it was a legitimate show of force, or if it wasted a day of valuable negotiating time. From what has been accomplished in a single day so far, it does not seem like much of a risk to me. It does not appear that most negotiators have a serious mandate to compromise a hard treaty. Instead, they are told to come here, debate unimportant details, and avoid real decisions.</p>
<p>Now everyone is lowering their expectations. From Yvo do Boer, the Executive Secretary of the talks, to Ban Ki Moon, the General Secrary of the UN, there is talk of achieving a ‘politically binding’ treaty in Copenhagen, as opposed to one which would be ‘legally binding’.</p>
<p>I tend to agree with those who <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kevin-grandia/a-politically-binding-cli_b_345047.html">criticize</a> this direction – what’s the point of labouring over a treaty for 20 odd years, only to have a final outcome that no one is bound to follow? It’s the basic free-rider problem. In Canada, we’ve seen what has happened under the Kyoto Protocol so far, where the costs of non-compliance are still uncertain. Guess what, if non-compliance isn’t punished, then it will go unchecked. (Canada’s targets, or lack thereof, will be the subject of another blog).</p>
<p>With a global problem like this one, we need the big guns of the global governance system to step in. We need the right ammo to finish the fight and clean up the bad guys (I mean this in a bonafide pacifist sense, of course).  Right now, our &#8220;guns&#8221; are laws. Political motivation won’t be enough, ultimately, to reverse the momentum of the current energy system.</p>
<p>Now, if we listen to Yvo, the political compromise is only an expedient stage for a few months while the details are ironed out for the legal treaty, to be passed sometime in 2010. I can see the underlying logic, we must accept the process, and everything will work eventually&#8230;  But has there been some yoga or deep breathing in the backrooms that I&#8217;m unaware of? Is that why everyone is so calm?</p>
<p>Wow, all this zen patience will make blogging about this process absolutely scintillitating from now until then.  I better just accept it.</p>
<p>Much love from Barcelona,</p>
<p>Rosa</p>
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		<title>Tutto come prima? But will things change?</title>
		<link>http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/04/tutto-come-prima-but-will-things-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Cinquina</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[African Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cambiamenti climatici]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ripresi i negoziati sul AWG-KP cambierà qualcosa ora?
Will anything change after the negotiation started again in the AWG-KP?]]></description>
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<p>Come annunciato nella parte finale del mio ultimo post, finalmente ieri alle 6:30 sono <strong>iniziati nuovamente i negoziati </strong>dell’Ad hoc Working Group sul Protocollo di Kyoto (<strong>AWG-KP</strong>).</p>
<p>Durante la plenaria <strong>nessun</strong> paese dell’<strong>Annex 1</strong> ha effettuato dichiarazioni; solo i paesi in via di sviluppo infatti hanno espresso ufficialmente le loro considerazioni su quanto accaduto. La maggior parte di loro ringraziava il Presidente dell’AWG-KP per il grande lavoro effettuato per ricucire lo strappo avvenuto nelle ventiquattro ore precedenti.</p>
<p>Sentendo le dichiarazioni dei paesi che prendevano la parola emergeva il fatto che la mossa di bloccare i negoziati da parte dei paesi africani sia stata principalmente un modo per mostrare la loro <strong>frustrazione</strong>, per rendere chiaro che loro non voglio essere <strong>messi da parte</strong> durante queste negoziazioni e vogliono <strong>essere ascoltati</strong>.</p>
<p>Questo modo di mostrare i loro sentimenti poi può essere condiviso o meno dalle altre parti (paesi) per la modalità in cui è avvenuto; si può discutere sul fatto che così facendo si è <strong>perso un giorno</strong> di negoziazioni, ma quanti in realtà ne sono stati perduti in precedenza nelle diverse riunioni?</p>
<p>Quante volte i diversi paesi semplicemente leggevano le loro dichiarazioni, sempre uguali, senza alcun <strong>minimo progresso sui numeri</strong>? Personalmente ho visto <strong>molte giornate del genere</strong> tra Bonn e Bangkok, e quindi forse quanto fatto ieri dall’Africa qui a Barcellona potrebbe servire come <strong>monito per il futuro </strong>di queste negoziazioni.</p>
<p>Ora sappiamo che se non ci saranno progressi i paesi africani sono di nuovo pronti a fare <strong>sentire la loro voce</strong>, magari abbandonando ancora il tavolo delle trattative; anche se poi in una situazione del genere tutti perderebbero e <strong>nessuno vincerebbe</strong>!<br />
E pensare che c’era chi diceva che Barcellona sarebbe stata una settimana <strong>noiosa </strong>dove non sarebbe successo nulla!</p>
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<p>Tornando alla giornata dei tracker, questa mattina alcuni di noi sono stati intervistati dalla <strong>Climate Change Tv</strong>, una televisione online con sede a Londra. Io, Phil (Australia), Ole (Germania), Adam (Canada), Anna (Regno Unito) e Florent (Francia) abbiamo rilasciato alcune dichiarazioni riguardanti <strong>i nostri punti di vista</strong> sui nostri rispettivi paesi. È stato divertente.. specialmente quando Florent è spuntato fuori dal nulla aggiungendosi all’intervista o quando Anna ha avuto qualche problemino nel ricordare i nomi e i paesi.. presto avrete il filmato!</p>
<p>Inoltre c’è una novità.. questa mattina durante la riunione dei tracker ho sentito due persone (non della delegazione) <strong>parlare tra loro in italiano</strong>. Abituato male dalle precedenti riunioni non credevo inizialmente alle mie orecchie, ma dopo averli seguiti per qualche metro ho capito che erano davvero italiani! Mi sono presentato e presto li rincontrerò, verosimilmente domani, e vi farò sapere quale è <strong>il loro ruolo</strong> qui a Copenhagen.</p>
<p>Oggi pomeriggio i trackers incontreranno <strong>Yvo de Boer</strong>, il Segretario Esecutivo dell’UNFCCC. Ha accettato di incontrarci di nuovo dopo Bangkok e questa volta sarà davvero qualcosa da non perdere. Domani avrete tutti i dettagli.</p>
<p>Per il momento da una caldissima<strong> Barcellona</strong> è tutto. A presto</p>
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		<title>How to read Africa&#8217;s move</title>
		<link>http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/04/how-to-read-africas-move-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ole Seidenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blocking Tacktic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you might have heard of the African Group's strategic move to block the Kyoto track of negotiations on Monday afternoon. Yesterday's press conference and some interviews revealed, how this can be understood.]]></description>
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<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 572px"><img class="  " title="The African Groups press conference" src="http://www.iisd.ca/climate/rccwg7/pix/3nov/DSC_8187%20african%20group%20meeting_s.jpg" alt="The African Groups press conference" width="562" height="192" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The African Group&#39;s press conference</p></div>
<p>It has been another hectic day on Tuesday &#8211; packed with events, meetings, press conferences and speeches, but above all, their has been a rather interesting strategic move by the African Group that we should have a closer look at. As some of you might have read elsewhere in the daily news, Gambia spoke on behalf of the African Group yesterday and underpinned their expectation of more ambitious mitigation targets and more concrete financial offers by both the EU and the US, as well as other developed countries in order to continue the negotiations within the Kyoto track.</p>
<p><strong>Wow, that seems to be big news, doesn&#8217;t it?</strong> But while it is easy to assume this might be a clever move by African states to strengthen their often sidelined position, I have heard a number of rather diverse interpretations while talking to my friends from different NGO-backgrounds during the day. I won&#8217;t name those colleagues here, but I will draw on their experience to give you some <strong>ideas on how politically unclear situations like these influence the thoughts of strategists, the press and others</strong> &#8211; often in very different ways. The first, most insightful statement regarding this move, however, might be this video interview that I took with Grace Akumu from Kenya, right after she had presented the African position in a special press conference yesterday afternoon:</p>
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<p>Now, what could this possibly mean?</p>
<p>1) It could be<strong> an authentic outcry by African Countries</strong> &#8211; a move to make clear that they DO play a very important role in these negotiations and are capable to officially blame and shame the developed world by putting on hold the whole negotiation process for a while. They are more than beggers in this and they deserve to be treated respectfully. This move might be the first strong message to their developed counterpart that actually mobilizes enough pressure to see some movement here.</p>
<p>2) It could be a <strong>move planned and pushed forward by those African Countries</strong> that are also <strong>part of OPEC</strong> and want to slow down negotiations anyway motivated by rather egoistic goals. Algeria was leading the press conference on the African Groups statement yesterday &#8211; and Algeria has been well known for wanting Adaptation money to flow into their pockets due to decreasing oil-business&#8230; (they have even been awarded the Fossil of the Day Award for that in Bangkok). But: There has not been any official OPEC meeting with plans to block the Kyoto track of Negotiations. So it seems to be an African move, not an OPEC-led idea.</p>
<p>3) It was interesting to see that <strong>South Africa was not part of the Group</strong> when the blocking of the negotiations was announced by the Gambia. It didn&#8217;t seem to be well planned in the first place, but it did draw some attention of the press nonetheless.</p>
<p>4) Developed nations (among them those that want to get rid of the Kyoto Protocoll anyway)<strong> might use this move by Africa</strong> to argue that it&#8217;s not their fault if Kyoto cannot survive this process, since Africa has started to block the process&#8230;</p>
<p>5) Listen to the video up there &#8211; <strong>Grace is saying that Africa did not walk out</strong>, but just demands more ambitious mitigation and finance numbers by developed nations&#8230; right after the interview, she told me that people back home &#8220;would kill&#8221; her if she just walked out of this without trying her best to keep the process in tact. Well, powerful words, huh?</p>
<p>After all, <strong>negotiations resumed last night</strong> &#8211; and the African Group<strong> did find a compromise when talking with the AWG-KP (Ad Hoc Working Group on the Kyoto Protocol) Chair</strong> &#8211; now, the list of agenda items is apparently going to be re-prioritised so that more of the time spent in the group will be dedicated to &#8220;talking about numbers&#8221;&#8230;. Well, let&#8217;s see, what reality brings&#8230;but as it stands, this is &#8211; as far as I am concerned &#8211; a good signal and shows that Africa cannot be ignored on the way to Copenhagen!</p>
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		<title>Che confusione.. sarà perchè trattiamo?/what is going on?</title>
		<link>http://adoptanegotiator.org/2009/11/03/che-confusione-sara-perche-trattiamo-what-is-going-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrea Cinquina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Il gruppo africano ha lasciato il tavolo delle trattative del AWG-KP. Che cosa sta succedendo?
	
The African Group has left the AWG-KP negotiating table yesterday. What's happening? ]]></description>
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<p>Così appariva ieri il monitor del centro conferenze di Barcellona:</p>
<div id="attachment_4543" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 650px"><img src="http://adoptanegotiator.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/4068625297_1b1432e082_o.jpg" alt="The first hint something was up yesterday came when we saw this sign on the screens" title="4068625297_1b1432e082_o" width="640" height="428" class="size-full wp-image-4543" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The first hint something was up yesterday came when we saw this sign on the screens</p></div>
<p>Ed infatti quello che ieri è successo qui a Barcellona è stato qualcosa di alquanto <strong>inaspettato</strong>; durante il gruppo di contatto sul protocollo di Kyoto il portavoce del gruppo africano, ha dichiarato che <em>avrebbero chiesto la sospensione dei gruppi di contatto e delle consultazioni informali sul AWG-KP </em>se non ci fossero stati <strong>progressi sui numeri</strong> da parte dei paesi dell’Annex I.</p>
<p>All’inizio nessuno aveva capito l’importanza della dichiarazione del gruppo, fino a quando non si è capito che davvero <strong>avevano abbandonato il gruppo di contatto</strong>, bloccando in questo modo la negoziazione nel AWG-KP qui a Barcellona, e quindi sospendendo l’intero processo. La dichiarazione del gruppo africano ha colto tutti di sorpresa.</p>
<p>Attualmente non si sa ancora molto su quanto accaduto. Oggi il segretariato sta cercando di <strong>ricucire lo strappo</strong>, cercando di far riprendere i negoziati nei gruppi di contatto del KP anche se non ci saranno progressi immediati.<br />
Le dichiarazioni ufficiali da parte del gruppo africano sono piuttosto chiare: <em>fino a quando i paesi sviluppati non dichiareranno quali sono i loro numeri noi non ci siederemo più al tavolo delle trattative</em>.</p>
<p>In realtà c’è <strong>molta confusione</strong> su quanto è accaduto, e qui nei corridoi ci sono molti <strong>rumors</strong>.</p>
<div id="attachment_4447" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img src="http://adoptanegotiator.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/plenary.jpg" alt="La plenaria durante la sessione di apertura" title="plenary" width="500" height="335" class="size-full wp-image-4447" /><p class="wp-caption-text">La plenaria durante la sessione di apertura</p></div>
<p>Quello che lascia un po’ interdetti è perché se i paesi africani volevano dare un forte segnale durante questi negoziati non l’hanno fatto qualche ora prima <strong>durante la seduta plenaria</strong>, in modo da ottenere una maggiore copertura mediatica e quindi ottenere una maggiore efficacia riguardo la loro azione.<br />
Fino a che punto bloccare le negoziazioni sul KP a così pochi giorni da Copenhagen risulta davvero <strong>fruttuoso </strong>per i paesi africani?</p>
<p>Per ora ci sono solo ipotesi che girano nei corridoi, ma nulla di concreto; c’è chi <strong>appoggia </strong>quanto fatto dal gruppo africano, c’è chi pensa ci siano delle <strong>speculazioni </strong>dietro tutto questo, c’è chi crede nella buona fede del gruppo ma pensa che <strong>non sia stata una buona scelta</strong> quella di abbandonare le trattative.<br />
Forse presto se ne saprà di più.<br />
Notizie dell’ultimo minuto dicono che il KP <strong>riprenderà</strong> questa sera.. staremo a vedere.</p>
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