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Selasa, Desember 15, 2009
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Danish police arrest demonstrators in Copenhagen Sunday Dec. 13, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming.
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1984 Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa holds a burning candle after an ecumenical celebration in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Shortly after the service Denmark's churches rang their bells 350 times which was the central act of a worldwide international bell ringing initiative. The bell ringing symbolizes the 350 parts per million that mark the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere according to scientists. State leaders from around the world are expected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference that is underway here presently.
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams preaches during an ecumenical celebration in the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Shortly after the service Denmark's churches rang their bells 350 times which was the central act of a worldwide international bell ringing initiative. The bell ringing symbolizes the 350 parts per million that mark the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere according to scientists. State leaders from around the world are expected to attend the UN Climate Change Conference that is currently underway in Denmark.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair with Danish COP15 President Connie Hedegaard during a press conference in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Copenhagen, Sunday Dec. 13, 2009. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - File photo of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who has urged the US government to take the lead in the fight against climate change, as he prepares to head to Copenhagen for the UN summit.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Protesters picket the IMF-World Bank office at suburban Mandaluyong city east of Manila, Philippines Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 to protest the ongoing United Nations Climate Change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The protesters urged the world's premier lending institutions, the IMF-WB and the Asian Development Bank, to keep out of climate negotiations.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - View of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada in October. Saudi Arabia and Canada have done the least this year to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming, two European pressure groups have said in a report.(SI)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - An activist dressed as polar bear appears among others as they stage a protest at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Monday, Dec. 14, 2009, on behalf of humans who are being hit hard by climate change.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Rajendra K. Pachauri, chairman of the 'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' speaks to youth organizations at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen on Monday, Dec. 14, 2009.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - A character dressed as death on horseback holding a scythe, rides past a balloon indicating the volume of one tonne of carbon dioxide, outside parliament in Copenhagen Monday Dec. 14, 2009. During the Greenpeace action four people on horses synoptically represented the impact of climate change as they rode outside parliament. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming.(app)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - A character dressed as death on horseback and holding a scythe, rides outside parliament in Copenhagen Monday Dec. 14, 2009. During the Greenpeace action four people on horses synoptically represented the impact of climate change as they rode outside parliament. The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming.(afp)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - A demontrator holds up a placard featuring US President Barack Obama during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen on December 12. The UN climate summit hit major turbulence Monday when developing nations staged a five-hour walkout and China accused the West of trickery, as the spectre of failure loomed heavily over Copenhagen.(afp)
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - Demonstrators hold placards during a protest inside the Bella Center during the Climate Change summit in Copenhagen on December 10. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen that the new program will speed the delivery of renewable energy technologies to underdeveloped countries.
Climate Change Issues
Suara Indonesia News - The UN climate summit hit major turbulence Monday when developing nations staged a five-hour walkout and China accused the West of trickery, as the spectre of failure loomed heavily over Copenhagen. As campaigners warned negotiators had five days to avert climate chaos, ministers acknowledged they had to start making giant strides before 120 heads of state arrived for the summit's climax on Friday. But their hopes were hit when Africa led a boycott by developing nations of working groups, only returning after securing guarantees that the summit would not sideline talks about the future of the Kyoto Protocol. That core emissions-curbing treaty ties rich countries that have ratified it to binding emissions curbs but not developing nations. Related article: Copenhagen a four-corner fight It does not include the United States, which says the Protocol is unfair as the binding targets do not apply to developing giants that are already huge emitters of greenhouse gases. A first round of pledges under Kyoto expires at the end of 2012, and poorer nations are seeking a seven-year commitment period. The walkout delivered another blow to the summit which has already been marred by spats between China and the United States. Connie Hedegaard, the former Danish climate minister who is chairing the talks, sought to smooth over the walkouts and finger-pointing. "It may look dramatic, but it's not what it looked," she said, adding she expected "more mini-crises, given the interests at stake." UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, speaking to reporters in New York before he was to leave for Copenhagen, warned the clock was ticking. Related article: Rudd fears climate deal failure "Time is running out... There is no time for posturing or blaming," he said. "I appeal to all world leaders... to redouble efforts to find room for compromise." In an apparent concession, China said it might not take a share of any Western funding for emerging nations to fight climate change. But in a pointer to the tensions backstage, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said China would not be the fall guy if there were a fiasco. "I know people will say if there is no deal that China is to blame. This is a trick played by the developed countries.
They have to look at their own position and can't use China as an excuse," he told the Financial Times. Related article: China might not take funds EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso voiced fears of a failure. "How are we going to look on Friday or Saturday if there are more than 100 heads of state and government from all over the world and that what we say to the world is that it was not possible to come to an agreement? I think it is unthinkable," he said in Brussels. Campaigners were even blunter, with Greenpeace saying the summit had five days "to avert climate chaos" and emissions targets so far offered by Western leaders such as US President Barack Obama amounted to "peanuts". The gathering's daunting goal is to tame greenhouse gases -- the invisible by-product derived mainly from the burning of coal, oil and gas that traps the Sun's heat and warms the atmosphere. Scientists say that without dramatic action within the next decade, Earth will be on course for warming that will inflict drought, flood, storms and rising sea levels, translating into hunger and misery for many millions. The stakes were underlined when a new UN report said that some 58 million people have been affected by 245 natural calamities so far this year, more than 90 percent of them weather events amplified by climate change. And a study from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), an intergovernmental group, said climate change threatens the survival of dozens of animal species from the emperor penguin to Australian koalas.(afp)
Developing countries boycott UN climate talks
COPENHAGEN, Suara Indonesia News – China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks on Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions.
Representatives from developing countries — a bloc of 135 nations — said they refused to participate in any formal working groups at the 192-nation summit until the issue was resolved.
The African-led move was a setback for the Copenhagen talks, which were already faltering over long-running disputes between rich and poor nations over emissions cuts and financing for developing countries to deal with climate change.
However, the move Monday was largely seen as a ploy to shift the agenda to the responsibilities of the industrial countries and make emissions reductions the first item for discussion when world leaders begin arriving Tuesday.
"I don't think the talks are falling apart, but we're losing time," said Kim Carstensen, of the World Wildlife Fund. The developing countries "are making a point."
The dispute came as the conference entered its second week, and only days before over 100 world leaders including President Barack Obama were scheduled to arrive in Copenhagen.
"Nothing is happening at this moment," Zia Hoque Mukta, a delegate from Bangladesh, told The Associated Press. He said developing countries have demanded that conference president Connie Hedegaard of Denmark bring the industrial nations' emissions targets to the top of the agenda before talks can resume.
Poor countries, supported by China, say Hedegaard had raised suspicion that the conference was likely to kill the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which limited carbon emissions by wealthy countries and imposed penalties for failing to meet those targets.
Poor countries want to extend that treaty because it commits rich nations to emissions cuts and imposes penalties if they fall short. The United States withdrew from Kyoto over concerns that it would harm the U.S. economy and that China, India and other major greenhouse gas emitters were not required to take action.
"We are seeing the death of the Kyoto Protocol," said Djemouai Kamel of Algeria, the head of the 50-nation Africa group.
It was the second time the Africans have disrupted the climate talks. At the last round of negotiations in November, the African bloc forced a one-day suspension until wealthy countries agreed to spell out what steps they will take to reduce emissions.
An African delegate said developing countries decided to block the negotiations at a meeting hours before the conference was to resume. He was speaking on condition of anonymity because the meeting was held behind closed doors. He said applause broke out every time China, India or another country supported the proposal to stall the talks.
U.N. climate chief Yvo De Boer said Hedegaard was holding informal consultations with delegates "to get things going."
In Washington, The White House on Monday announced a new program drawing funds from international partners to spend $350 million over five years to give developing nations clean energy technology to curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce global warming.
The program will distribute solar power alternatives for homes, including sun-powered lanterns, supply cleaner equipment and appliances and work to develop renewable energy systems in the world's poorer nations.
The funding plan grew out of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) established among the world's top economies earlier this year.
The U.S. share of the program will amount to $85 million with the remainder coming from Australia, Britain, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland, the White House said in a statement.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Energy Secretary Steven Chu is to coordinate with partners in the group to insure immediate action on the program.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said he would arrive in Copenhagen on Tuesday — two days earlier than previously planned — in an attempt to inject momentum into the climate talks.
"His view is that these negotiations can't wait until the last minute. He believes that we have learnt the lessons from the G-20, that it takes leadership to get involved and try to pull together what is required as soon as possible," Brown's spokesman Simon Lewis told reporters in London.
Lewis denied that Brown — facing a national election by June — was seeking to personal credit if a deal is struck. "He is not seeking to push himself forward, but he has taken a personal view that it is important that, if world leaders can, they should get there early," the spokesman said.
Earlier Monday, British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said it's up to him and his counterparts in Copenhagen to help bridge that gap between rich and poor countries and "not to leave everything" to the world leaders.
"There are still difficult issues of process and substance that we have to overcome in the coming days," Miliband said. "Can we get the emission cuts we need? We need higher ambition from others and we will be pushing for that." (yh)
Representatives from developing countries — a bloc of 135 nations — said they refused to participate in any formal working groups at the 192-nation summit until the issue was resolved.
The African-led move was a setback for the Copenhagen talks, which were already faltering over long-running disputes between rich and poor nations over emissions cuts and financing for developing countries to deal with climate change.
However, the move Monday was largely seen as a ploy to shift the agenda to the responsibilities of the industrial countries and make emissions reductions the first item for discussion when world leaders begin arriving Tuesday.
"I don't think the talks are falling apart, but we're losing time," said Kim Carstensen, of the World Wildlife Fund. The developing countries "are making a point."
The dispute came as the conference entered its second week, and only days before over 100 world leaders including President Barack Obama were scheduled to arrive in Copenhagen.
"Nothing is happening at this moment," Zia Hoque Mukta, a delegate from Bangladesh, told The Associated Press. He said developing countries have demanded that conference president Connie Hedegaard of Denmark bring the industrial nations' emissions targets to the top of the agenda before talks can resume.
Poor countries, supported by China, say Hedegaard had raised suspicion that the conference was likely to kill the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which limited carbon emissions by wealthy countries and imposed penalties for failing to meet those targets.
Poor countries want to extend that treaty because it commits rich nations to emissions cuts and imposes penalties if they fall short. The United States withdrew from Kyoto over concerns that it would harm the U.S. economy and that China, India and other major greenhouse gas emitters were not required to take action.
"We are seeing the death of the Kyoto Protocol," said Djemouai Kamel of Algeria, the head of the 50-nation Africa group.
It was the second time the Africans have disrupted the climate talks. At the last round of negotiations in November, the African bloc forced a one-day suspension until wealthy countries agreed to spell out what steps they will take to reduce emissions.
An African delegate said developing countries decided to block the negotiations at a meeting hours before the conference was to resume. He was speaking on condition of anonymity because the meeting was held behind closed doors. He said applause broke out every time China, India or another country supported the proposal to stall the talks.
U.N. climate chief Yvo De Boer said Hedegaard was holding informal consultations with delegates "to get things going."
In Washington, The White House on Monday announced a new program drawing funds from international partners to spend $350 million over five years to give developing nations clean energy technology to curb greenhouse gas emissions and reduce global warming.
The program will distribute solar power alternatives for homes, including sun-powered lanterns, supply cleaner equipment and appliances and work to develop renewable energy systems in the world's poorer nations.
The funding plan grew out of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) established among the world's top economies earlier this year.
The U.S. share of the program will amount to $85 million with the remainder coming from Australia, Britain, Netherlands, Norway and Switzerland, the White House said in a statement.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Energy Secretary Steven Chu is to coordinate with partners in the group to insure immediate action on the program.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's office said he would arrive in Copenhagen on Tuesday — two days earlier than previously planned — in an attempt to inject momentum into the climate talks.
"His view is that these negotiations can't wait until the last minute. He believes that we have learnt the lessons from the G-20, that it takes leadership to get involved and try to pull together what is required as soon as possible," Brown's spokesman Simon Lewis told reporters in London.
Lewis denied that Brown — facing a national election by June — was seeking to personal credit if a deal is struck. "He is not seeking to push himself forward, but he has taken a personal view that it is important that, if world leaders can, they should get there early," the spokesman said.
Earlier Monday, British Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband said it's up to him and his counterparts in Copenhagen to help bridge that gap between rich and poor countries and "not to leave everything" to the world leaders.
"There are still difficult issues of process and substance that we have to overcome in the coming days," Miliband said. "Can we get the emission cuts we need? We need higher ambition from others and we will be pushing for that." (yh)
Sabtu, Oktober 17, 2009
Barcelona Climate Change Talks 2009
Resumed ninth session of the AWG-KP and resumed seventh session of the AWG-LCA
The resumed ninth session of the the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and resumed seventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) will be held from 2-6 November in Barcelona. The Talks will take place at the Barcelona Convention Centre, FIRA GRAN VIA, Carrer del Foc 47, 08038 Barcelona, Spain.
Bangkok Climate Change Talks - 2009
Ninth session of the AWG-KP and seventh session of the AWG-LCA
The first part of the ninth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the first part of the seventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) took place between Monday 28 September and Friday 9 October 2009 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, 10200 Thailand .
Jumat, Desember 05, 2008
RI proposes joint perspective discussion on climate change
Jakarta, Suara Indonesia News - An Indonesian delegation led by the State Minister for the Environment Rahmat Witoelar ask the participanting countries to discuss matters relating to climate change.
"The Indonesian delegation underlined the importance of joint perspective discussion to keep the Bali Action Plan to reach joint agreement on climate change in the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) in Copenhagen in 2009," Indonesian Ambassador to Poland Hazairin Pohan said.
According to a press release, the in-depth collective point of view will be discussed in the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The Indonesian delegation made the call at the opening of the COP-14 in Poznan, Poland, while some delegations from the developing countries, expressed objection and wished that the joint point of view to be discussed in the first plenary session in 2009.
The objection is based on their fear that the joint perspective discussion will concern mitigation or emission reduction which will make things difficult for the developing countries.
The developing countries may get a new obligation on emission reductions.
"The Indonesian delegation considers the discussion on the joint perspective is necessary because it serves the interest of the developing countries in reaching economic growth and eradicate poverty," Pohan said.
"The joint perspective must be seen as an integrated approach which gives attention not only to emission reduction but also to other climate change issues such as adaptation, technology transfer and funding," a member of the Indonesian delegation, Agus Purnomo, said.
The Indonesian delegation also urged the developed countries to show their leadership in global efforts of implementing the convention. It also asked the developed countries to play an important role by implementing the environmentally friendly development policy which is supported by technology and funds.
"The Indonesian delegation underlined the importance of joint perspective discussion to keep the Bali Action Plan to reach joint agreement on climate change in the 15th Conference of Parties (COP) in Copenhagen in 2009," Indonesian Ambassador to Poland Hazairin Pohan said.
According to a press release, the in-depth collective point of view will be discussed in the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The Indonesian delegation made the call at the opening of the COP-14 in Poznan, Poland, while some delegations from the developing countries, expressed objection and wished that the joint point of view to be discussed in the first plenary session in 2009.
The objection is based on their fear that the joint perspective discussion will concern mitigation or emission reduction which will make things difficult for the developing countries.
The developing countries may get a new obligation on emission reductions.
"The Indonesian delegation considers the discussion on the joint perspective is necessary because it serves the interest of the developing countries in reaching economic growth and eradicate poverty," Pohan said.
"The joint perspective must be seen as an integrated approach which gives attention not only to emission reduction but also to other climate change issues such as adaptation, technology transfer and funding," a member of the Indonesian delegation, Agus Purnomo, said.
The Indonesian delegation also urged the developed countries to show their leadership in global efforts of implementing the convention. It also asked the developed countries to play an important role by implementing the environmentally friendly development policy which is supported by technology and funds.
Rabu, November 05, 2008
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań, 1-12 December 2008
Suara Indonesia News - The Poznań Climate Change Conference provides the opportunity to draw together the advances made in 2008 and move from discussion to negotiation mode in 2009. Such an outcome at Poznań would build momentum towards an agreed outcome at Copenhagen. At COP 14/CMP 4 in Poznań, Parties are expected to:
* Agree on a plan of action and programmes of work for the final year of negotiations after a year of comprehensive and extensive discussions on crucial issues relating to future commitments, actions and cooperation
* Make significant progress on a number of on-going issues required to enhance further the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
* Advance understanding and commonality of views on "shared vision" for a new climate change regime
* Strengthen momentum and commitment to the process and the agreed timeline
Important continuing issues will be capacity-building for developing countries, reducing emissions from deforestation (REDD), technology transfer and adaptation. Two working groups will meet at Poznań:
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) will deal with adaptation, mitigation, technology, financing and the shared vision for a new climate change regime. Within the context of this working group, in-session workshops will deal in depth with the issue of risk management and risk reduction strategies, and the shared vision. Parties will discuss in detail proposals put forward on the future financial architecture of the agreed outcome at Copenhagen, along with technology and capacity-building.
AWG-LCA documents and submissions
The Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) is scheduled to finish deliberations on the possible means to achieve mitigation objectives for developed countries, before moving on to consider ranges of emission reduction objectives of Annex I Parties.
The Second Review of the Kyoto Protocol under its Article 9 will also take place at Poznań. Article 9 requires a periodic review of the treaty in the light of the best available scientific information on climate change and its impacts, as well as relevant technical, social and economic information. Among the elements identified for review are issues related to the scope and effectiveness of the flexible mechanisms, including the capacity of Parties to participate in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
AWG-KP documents and submissions
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