Financing the response to climate change
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer summarizes the latest issues at the negotiations
Compte-rendu UNFCCC :
As formal talks continued at the climate negotiations in Bali, UNFCCC Executive Secretary, Yvo de Boer, said that the process on shaping a roadmap for a post-2012 climate agreement was continuing to go well.
The contact group on the future had “substantive discussions on objectives and principles that should guide the negotiating process beyond Bali,” he said, while useful discussions had also taken place on mitigation – one of the main building blocks of a future agreement. He added that the need to give developing countries emission reduction incentives had come up very strongly, as well as recognition of what they are doing now.
The focus of today’s press briefing was on financing the response to climate change. Mr. de Boer stated that economic and financial instruments form an important part of the solution to climate change, and described the financial component of the debate as “the key to success as we move into the future.”
Participants receive the awaited 2008 Rio Conventions Calendar at the Convention Centre. (Source : UNFCCC )
Children from Sunrise School, Kerobokan, Bali handing over “Green Footprints” to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer on behalf of more than 128,000 children from around the world. (Source : UNFCCC )
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Une feuille de route sur le changement climatique est nécessaire avant 2009, selon Ban Ki-moon
Avant son départ samedi pour Bali où il doit participer à la Conférence sur le changement climatique, le Secrétaire général des Nations Unies a animé un point de presse jeudi à New York.
Il a indiqué entre autres que la Conférence de Bali doit envoyer un signal fort au monde entier dans la lutte contre ce phénomène. Pour Ban Ki-moon, Bali doit établir un ordre du jour, une feuille de route pour un avenir meilleur, associé à un calendrier qui débouche sur un accord d’ici 2009.
Le protocole de Kyoto va expirer en 2012 et la ratification d’un nouvel accord prendra environ deux ans. Le numéro un de l’ONU estime qu’aussi difficile que cela puisse être, nous n’avons pas le choix. Il est temps de discuter des solutions pour résoudre ce problème qui menace notre avenir et surtout celui de nos enfants.
