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Here's where we are: New COW "EU Roadmap' On The Table
The Africa Group has formed a Coalition of the Willing with the EU, AOSIS and LDC with a proposal which would call for a legally binding treaty by 2015.
Early this morning, Connie Hedegaard, EU Commission on Climate Action releases Common statement by EU, LDC and AOSIS
The least developed countries, the Alliance of Small Island States and the European Union are united in their desire for an ambitious outcome in Durban.
From a political perspective the current state of affairs has to be taken as encouraging, particularly given there was a real chance going into the summit that the talks would have already collapsed by this stage. It looks as if a deal can be done that will not only allow the negotiating process to continue past 2012, but may actually deliver tangible results in terms of a new global green fund, progress on aviation and shipping emissions levies, and the continued expansion of the global carbon market. As of late yesterday evening a growing coalition of countries appeared to be willing (with varying degrees of enthusiasm) to sign on to the EU's plan, including the groups of African nations, least developed countries, and island states, and Brazil, Canada, and most significantly the US.
Unfortunately, from an environmental perspective the new roadmap could prove pretty disastrous. In short, diplomats are working on a treaty to ensure that emissions peak years after scientists are recommending that they peak. Meanwhile, the fixation on agreeing a roadmap for a timeline to agree a framework that may eventually become a protocol, means the crucial issue of how countries share emissions reductions is again being filed in the tray marked "too difficult". (continue reading Durban: What is so special about 2015?
The People Speak
An Open Letter to the Delegates at COP17
Human Mic:
Can you hear me?
Are you listening? /
These words / are not my own. / They are the voice / of the voiceless. / I speak to you, / not as a nation – but as the unheard majority of this planet – / the youth who are inheriting a system / we will not accept. / And I speak to you, / with the authority of every child / yet to be born. / The future belongs to them / not you.
We speak to you now / not as delegates of nations / but as people / as fellow humans – / so that your own hearts may speak truth. / For if you let a single word escape your lips / that does harm to your own conscience/ and to the rights / of all future generations –/ then you have no authority,/ for you know no justice./ And may the weight of the floods, / of the droughts,/ of the storms / and of the deaths –/ be upon your shoulders, / and upon your conscience/ from this day forth / For you held back the tides of change.
For 16 years / you have not heard us -/ so we are no longer asking. / The future of the 99% will not be written by your documents,/ but by our actions. / You cannot stop an idea who's time has come / you cannot stop an idea who's time has come. / So speak your heart / for there is no choice now / but change. / Welcome to 2012.
Declaration Of The Indigenous Peoples Of The World To COP17
We, the Indigenous Peoples of the world, united in the face of the climate crisis and the lack of political will of the States, especially the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, demand the immediate adoption of legally binding agreements with shared but differentiated responsibilities, to halt global warming and to define alternative models of development in harmony with Mother Earth.
For decades, Indigenous Peoples have warned that climate change confirms that the harmonic relationship between humans and Mother Earth has been ruptured, endangering the future of humanity in its entirety. The whole model of civilization that began 500 years ago with the pillaging of the natural resources for profit and the accumulation of capital, is in crisis. The alternative is to change the system, not the climate, based on a new paradigm for civilization, Living Well with harmony between the peoples and Mother Earth.
COP17 Coverage @ Kos and Climate Reporting @ Kos cached at Durban Daily.
Thu Dec 08, 2011 at 11:33 PM PT: Support grows for 2015 deal Reuters http://af.reuters.com/...
Thu Dec 08, 2011 at 11:34 PM PT: Developing Countries Snag Talks on Issue of Carbon Markets http://inhabitat.com/...
Thu Dec 08, 2011 at 11:35 PM PT: BBCRBlack Richard Black
#Oxfam says agreement reached #cop17 #UNFCCC that Green Climate Fund will be based in Washington - victory for US if so
12:06 AM PT: LIVE COVERAGE HAS BEGUN.
12:22 AM PT: @CHedegaardEU what if China and India join roadmap but USA does not? And what did USA get in return for GCF being in Washington? #COP17
12:22 AM PT: StianReklev Stian Reklev
Hedegaard: Brazil and South Africa have both said they're willing to take on binding targets after 2020 #COP17
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12:29 AM PT: http://adoptanegotiator.org/...
Today's COP schedule
12:46 AM PT: GYGeorg Georg P Kössler
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Now we know whom to blame. @AlexMStark State Dept. issued clarifying statement to correct Todd Stern: US does NOT support EU roadmap #COP17
12:52 AM PT: The European Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, has just finished a press briefing, leaving journalists under no illusion as to who she feels needs to move in order for a deal to be made:
It's interesting when you count how many countries are joining up behind [the EU roadmap]… it's clear that responsibility lies very, very heavily on the shoulders now on those few big ones who are still not giving in so much, to agree what we need to agree
Responding specifically to a question regarding the US position, following Todd Stern's statement that he supported the EU roadmap yesterday, and then a clarification later in the evening from the US State Department that they did not support the legally-binding aspect of it, Ms Hedegaard noted that she had seen the "correction" and that she had "always thought that the US was in favour of a legally binding deal providing others were also legally bound". In light of signals from China, Brazil and South Africa in recent days that they are willing to contemplate such a legally binding deal, the US is beginning to look increasingly isolated here in Durban. The next moves from China, India and the US will be key to determining the direction and outcome of these negotiations.
7:39 AM PT: Proposals available as PDFs http://unfccc.int/...
7:43 AM PT: Occupy COP17 and flashmobs inside COP one video...
7:50 AM PT: CHedegaardEU says UN talks close to a package deal, but outcome hinges on US, China, India wapo.st/u9Pwu8 #COP17 via @washingtonpost
4:34 PM PT: Joe Romm explains situation as we wait for 8AM Durban time.
http://thinkprogress.org/...