Etiquetado: Kioto

27 Nov, 2012

Fosil del día

El Primer Puesto se adjudica a EE.UU., Canadá, Rusia, Japón y Nueva Zelanda, por huir de un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante, régimen basado en normas multilaterales. Para los EE UU: en serio, superen su excepcionalismo y adhieran ya a normas comunes de contabilidad. Canadá: sus formas de excepcionalidad no se pueden comunicar diplomáticamente durante una presentación fósil, pero no es bueno retirarse del Protocolo de Kioto: es completamente inaceptable y su objetivo es un insulto a los más vulnerables. En cuanto a Japón, Rusia y N. Zelanda, todavía tienen la oportunidad de apoyar al régimen jurídicamente vinculante, sólo deberían comprometerse con metas ambiciosas para el segundo período de compromiso (significa que no hay prórroga de AAUs, Rusia). Estamos buscando a oír de ustedes al final de la semana, pues, ¿realmente quieren ser agrupados en este grupo de baja ambición?

El Segundo Puesto se adjudica a Nueva Zelanda. A diferencia de su vecino del oeste, Nueva Zelanda decidió no poner sus metas en el 2do período de compromiso, citando motivos espurios cuando la realidad es tan sólo un masivo despliegue de irresponsabilidad. Sus socios insulares del Pacífico deberían pensarlo otra vez antes de confiar siempre en NZ.

El Rayo del día va para la UE, por haber alcanzado ya su objetivo prometido 2020 en casi 10 años antes de tiempo!
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Previous Issues Articles

5 Sep, 2012

Keep up your end of the bargain, Parties

In Durban, Parties agreed to a package – the adoption of a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, a successful conclusion of the LCA, urgent action to close the pre-2020 mitigation gap between the 2 degrees goal and the collective pledges now on the table, and collective movement toward a fair, ambitious and binding agreement in 2015. Parties must honour this political bargain.

Let’s start with the KP. Those trying to get another bite of the negotiation cherry by dragging out submitting their carbon budgets (QELROs) have to understand that this will be perceived as acting in bad faith. Australia – ECO remembers the brinkmanship with your QELRO last time. So for you, as well as New Zealand, Ukraine and others on the fence on the Kyoto second commitment period, ECO demands to see your QELROs up front. And, of course, just any old KP second commitment period won’t suffice. We must have a robust, ratifiable agreement that respects the original intention of the KP to raise ambition and create real environmental integrity. The AOSIS and Africa Group proposals will facilitate this endeavour. Effectively eliminating surplus AAUs and ensuring the environmental integrity of the CDM is also essential – you can’t have your cake and eat it too.
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Previous Issues Articles

4 Sep, 2012

The Ugly, the Not So Bad and the Good

ECO listened with great interest to Parties’ expectations of COP18 in Qatar this year. The greatest surprise came from those bottom-up loving Brollies, who mentioned the need to have a significant amount of technical preparation to give Ministers “options” on the Kyoto Protocol. Yes, you heard it, optionSSSSSS. Why do we need plural options? Surely one will suffice? Provisional Application – period.

But it wasn’t all bad, we liked the EU’s call for more creative thinking that shouldn’t just be exclusive to parties. ECO was jumping for joy. We will definitely let our creative juices run wild and are always happy to share these with our European colleagues, as well as others.

But the real music to our ears came from the UAE, which characterized itself, like Qatar, as a small but ambitious country, claiming that many countries in the region have renewable energy initiatives and targets, and hope that Doha can be a chance for these initiatives to get the «international recognition» they deserve. ECO is often wishful, but could this be the onset of support for the Arab countries to submit NAMAs? We hope so.