The International Community to Climate Conference Higher Expectations
“Do not always say low expectations for the Cancun meeting, both persecuted by the global economy, climate change, or the difficult situation of the island and the poor countries have very high expectations for this meeting.” This is the Bolivian ambassador to the UN Pablo Sauron in the attitude of the first day of the Cancun meeting. However, to Dec. 1, when the third day of the Cancun meeting, the representatives of several economies posted positive “seeking common ground” speech, the international community to re-see the outcome of the meeting have high expectations of little opportunity.
However, “seeking common ground,” the statement further for the parties to avoid the core of conflicts, to promote the negotiations will move forward; and emission objective required the allocation of responsibilities, coupled with hard-line attitude of some developed economies, the Cancun meeting to reach a legally binding global agreement on climate change, also requires all parties to make greater efforts.
Prospect of meeting United Nations officials promote a good image
December 1, “United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,” Executive Secretary Christina Figueres, a high-profile claims, Cancun still have to make real achievements, complete unfinished missions in Copenhagen last year, the potential. “No one can withstand the global climate negotiations stalled the status quo,” she said: “The economy is actually very much hope to achieve results in Cancun.”
Earlier in the climate talks in Copenhagen late last year, the participating economies, environmental officials and government leaders failed to reach a global agreement as expected, led the international community to this year’s Cancun meeting are not good. Because of this, come to Cancun, the number of economies participating in the negotiations fell to 193, while the number of participants is large heads “shrink” to 25 people.
However, the opening of the third day at the meeting agenda, especially after the Asia-Pacific economies started to speak, the venue was released to enhance the positive signal. Behalf of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) attended the meeting said, and in October held in Tianjin, China similar to the climate negotiating session, the developed economies and developing economies, “there is no formal verification of the status of implementation of emission reduction commitments this sensitive topic “; her view, the question” is a broader global agreement to unlock the deadlock in negotiations on the key point. ”
Representatives of natural resource protection agency, said Barbara Moore, Fina, India and Singapore economy and make strategic adjustments, the more developed economies, between discussion and close to the same issues, to ensure that the trend of the negotiations move forward.
Japan is still hard-line stance
At the same time, Fina Moore stressed that the developed economies and developing economies, contradictions still exist between the core, namely, what kind of economy should take responsibility for emissions reductions, respectively, how the implementation of emission reduction commitments publicity in the international community and should be extent to which the acceptance of international supervision; this series of questions to be referred to as the international “MRV” (Measuring, Reporting & Verifying). Given meeting yet beginning MRV issues “bargaining” she believes Canc