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27 Nov, 2012

Fossile du Jour

Le première place du Fossile du jour est décernée aux USA, Canada, Russie, Japon et Nouvelle-Zélande pour leur refus de s’engager dans un cadre multilatéral juridiquement contraignant. Pour les Etats-Unis – sérieusement, surmontez votre
« exception américaine » et acceptez les règles communes de comptages déjà décidées. Canada, il nous est très difficile de trouver des mots diplomatiquement corrects dans ce Fossile du jour pour décrire votre attitude, mais reprenons-nous – se retirer du Protocole de Kyoto est totalement inacceptable et votre objectif est une insulte aux plus vulnérables. En ce qui concerne le Japon, la Russie et la Nouvelle-Zélande – vous avez encore une chance de soutenir des règles juridiquement contraignantes et de vous engager sur des objectifs ambitieux pour la deuxième période d’engagement (ce qui signifie pas de report de l’air chaud, Russie). Nous cherchons à avoir de vos nouvelles d’ici la fin de la semaine, parce que franchement, voulez-vous être cantoné à ce groupe à faible ambition ?

La seconde place du Fossile revient à la Nouvelle-Zélande. Contrairement à son voisin de l’Ouest, la Nouvelle-Zélande a décidé de ne pas se fixer d’objectif contraignant pour la deuxième période d’engagement, en invoquant des prétextes fallacieux alors que la réalité est toute simple : ce pays fait preuve d’une grande irresponsabilité.
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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.