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| Gloom in the air on final day at Bangkok | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The atmosphere of doom prevails. As was evident after the G77 press briefing, developing countries are extremely upset with the developments in Bangkok. With less than a day to go now all talks have shifted to what would happen in Barcelona. It is clear that the political will and the message to move forward are missing in the developed countries’ delegations. As Sudanese ambassador Lumumba said today, it seems there is a no dialogues happening between the developed countries’ negotiating teams and their political masters back home. “It seems as if the generals do not trust their troops down here in Bangkok,” Lumumba commented. |
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 12 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 4:50p.m Albert Binger, Negotiator from Granada and Advisor to the Head of AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States) on Bangkok |
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| 09 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 3:00p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bernarditas de Castro-Muller, negotiator from Philippines addressed a press conference in Bangkok on October 08, 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 09 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 2:30p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred Willis, coordinator of G77 Plus China for Kyoto Protocol, addressed a press conference on October 08, 09. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Echoing the thoughts of G77 Chair Ambassador Lumumba of Sudan, Willis summarized the disappointments, but made sure he also highlighted the achievements of Kyoto Protocol so far. Ending on a hopeful note, Willis says that developed countries need to let go of overly technical discussions and take clear action possible to them at the moment, to make KP a success. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 08 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 6:00p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| “Want benefits? Sign Kyoto” - The poor tell the rich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In the AWGLCA, there was again an attempt today by the developed countries to move certain texts from the KP into the LCA for discussion. Venezuela led the developing countries’ protests against doing so. Venezuela said that these texts are directly from the KP and therefore should only be discussed in the AWGKP. |
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| The Final Day at Bangkok: Address by Chair of G77 H.E. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ambassador Lumumba Di-Aping, Mission of Sudan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 "We represent 80 per cent of the world’s population and our people are suffering. We need to persuade developed countries’ governments, civil societies and businesses to do the right thing. And I do believe that they will (listen and act)…If not this administration, the next administration…If not Gordon Brown…then the next prime minister." |
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| "Let me tell you a story about the Europeans. It’s called Divide and Rule. The British and the French amongst you probably have manuals on divide and rule. Today..all the developed countries are discarding Kyoto protocol. They have to spin a story to sell others their story" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "We are working very hard to get to a successful conclusion of Copenhagen. And we do believe that nothing is very difficult, if developed countries try not to…challenge but try to have a successful outcome." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "We do believe that developed countries need to accept that economic development, in fact economic and sustainable development is part and parcel of the equation. And this is a matter of equity: A question of prosperity." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "We do not believe that a green economy, a global green economy or even the term often used- a carbon free economy, should be built at the cost of billions of lives of people from developing countries. " | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 07 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 5:00p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No significant progress on climate change in Bangkok: Saran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shyam Saran, the Prime Minister of India’s special envoy on climate change, addressed the press on October 6. CSE brings you some excepts of the interview. |
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| 07 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 3:00p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Yu Qingtai, head of the Chinese delegation at BangkokQingtai talks about the Kyoto Protocol, developed countries’ effort to quash it and why it makes developing countries furious. |
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| "There is a concerted effort to put an end to Kyoto Protocol. It is clear that our partners in developed world are not interested in entering into serious discussions on targets for emission reduction" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "Some of the ideas coming from Bonn will lead to serious watering down of the common but differentiated responsibilities." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "We must go back to the basics as laid out in Bali and not agree to something made two months in advance to Copenhagen. This is no way to conduct negotiations" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| "You (the EU) want to replace Kyoto protocol and put the pieces into a new single legal instrument. And you say that by doing this you are saving the Kyoto protocol. To me this argument is incomprehensible." | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 07 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 1:00p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| It's China versus US, again. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Today morning in the Contact Group meeting on potential consequences, China again submitted text opposing the Carbon Tax proposals, more specifically the US proposal. Here is what China's submission says: "The Ad-hoc Working Group on Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) underlines that implementation of 2.3 and 3.14 of KP, A1 parties should not resort to unilateral measures against imports from developing countries, on the ground of protection and stabilization of climate. Such measures would violate the provisions and principles of the convention; in particular, principles underlined in 3.1 and 3.5." The morning was also marked by some fireworks in a joint press conference of US, China and AOSIS. The lines seem clearly divided, but more on that later. |
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| 06 October 2009, Bangkok | IST: 7:30p.m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kyoto process slowly dying, LCA stuck | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 With just two more days to go, the negotiations in Bangkok remain deadlocked. It is becoming increasingly evident that the Kyoto Protocol is slowly dying away with almost all the Annex I countries turning away from it. The negotiations in the AWG-KP are almost dead as no country is ready to commit to the second phase reduction targets. EU, which has for long been claiming a moral high ground, is the latest villain. Read more... |
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| 06 October 2009, Bangkok | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Avoiding the 6 Degree Rise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The International Energy Agency (IEA) today released the early excerpts of their special report ‘World Energy Outlook 2009’. The report, titled ‘How the Energy Sector Can Deliver on a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen’, finds that investment in polluting technologies has been deferred significantly. As a result, CO2 emissions could fall in 2009 by as much as 3% - steeper than any other time in the last 40 years. Read more... |
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| Also read, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • IEA’s press release | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| • IEA’s complete report | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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