Wednesday, November 7, 2012

UN climate talks: EU must prevent this decade from becoming a period of climate inaction!


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From 26 November - 7 December 2012, the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Doha, Qatar. The Environment Committee has prepared a draft motion for a resolution, which will be voted in this morning...

From 26 November - 7 December 2012, the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Doha, Qatar. The Environment Committee has prepared a draft motion for a resolution, which will be voted in this morning.
As with the climate talks in general, and due to persistent opposition from Poland against more ambitious attempts to curb atmospheric pollution, the EU hasn't been able to move forward with its position in the negotiations since last year. At the last Environment council in October, Ministers once again failed to find an agreement on the excess of allowances - officially named Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) and referred to disparagingly as "hot air" accumulated by the Eastern Europe Member States. This lack of progress could have serious implications for the credibility of the EU and its partnership with the developing countries but also the overall UN efforts to tackle climate change in general as it could seriously endanger the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol, whose first phase expires at the end of this year. 

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