Heat is On at Poznań
Thursday will start the high-level segment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Four Heads of State, 145 Environment Ministers, and senior government representatives from the 189 countries attending the UNFCCC will meet to discuss a path toward a new global climate change deal.
The High-Level Segment marks the half-way point of the negotiations, which are quickly turning into a race for time to detail the legislation which will be agreed upon in Copenhagen in 2009. As Parties have felt frustration in the pace of the negotiations thus far, many are looking to kick discussions into high-gear with the start of the High-Level Segment.
“We need a policy framework that provides clarity on targets, clarity on financial support and clarity on institutions,” said UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer. “We must have a politically ratifiable outcome that can enter into force in 2013,” he added.
A key event during the High-Level Segment will be a ministerial round table on a shared vision on long-term cooperative action on climate change.
“The round table event will be an important opportunity for both for Ministers and heads of delegations to look at what kind of mechanisms need to be put in place to deliver on finance, on technology and on capacity building to curb emissions, spur green growth and to cope with the inevitable impacts of climate change,” said De Boer
Parties have agreed that that a negotiating text on the agreed outcome will be put forward for consideration at a UNFCCC gathering in June next year.
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Tjahjokartiko Gondokusumo
posted on December 11th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Hello Jennifer, I am the cooperative planner for Public and Private Partnerships. If they are all from public sector, what the shared vision that the framework is Public Policy Vs. Intellectual Property Rights.