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| - To avoid carbon leakage, relocation of companies in other regions not complying with similar legislation, the EU Commission will foresee that sectors exposed to international competion, should be granted some free allocations of CO2 emissions provided that they are at least at the same level of a benchmark. Other sectors should buy such credits on an international market. Energy intensive industries in Europe have advocated for this benchmark system in order to keep funds in investment capacities for low carbon products rather than for speculations.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=FR&hl=fr&v=b1kf_axslfk</ref>. The European chemical industry claims here the need to be closer to the needs of citizens in a sustainable way. To comply with such commitments for a low carbon economy, this requires competitiveness and innovations.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpmXY0R7RLQ</ref> | |||
| == Local Public Actions == | == Local Public Actions == | ||
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Template:Infobox generic The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009. The conference includes the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 is to be agreed there.
The conference is preceded by the Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions scientific conference, which took place in March 2009 and was also held at the Bella Center.
Electric vehicles
UNEP
At the fifth Magdeburg Environmental Forum held from 3-4 July 2008, in Magdeburg, Germany, UNEP called for the establishment of infrastructure for electric vehicles. At this international conference, 250 high-ranking representatives from industry, science, politics and non-government organizations discussed solutions for future road transportation under the motto of "Sustainable Mobility– United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009|the Post-2012 CO2 Agenda".
Technology Action Programs
Has been proposed order the future technology efforts under the UNFCCC in a set of Technology Action Programs (TAPs). By creating Technology Action Programs for a set of adaptation and mitigation technologies, the UNFCCC would send clear signals to the private and finance sector, governments, research institutions as well as citizens of the world looking for solutions to the climate problem. TAPs includes electric vehicles.
Demonstration
Better Place is establishing electric vehicle (EV) network in Copenhagen, for demonstration at COP15, that includesl allow free parking for EVs during COP15. Better Place and the City of Copenhagen signed an agreement to jointly develop a plan for how Copenhagen can accelerate the switch from carbon-based transportation systems to sustainable mobility models that rely on renewable electricity powering zero-emission vehicles. Better Place and the City of Copenhagen also agree to discuss a model for the accelerated deployment of electric car-charging infrastructure in Copenhagen.
Negotiating position of the European Union
On January 28, 2009, the European Commission released a position paper, "Towards a comprehensive climate agreement in Copenhagen". The position paper "addresses three key challenges: targets and actions; financing ; and building an effective global carbon market".
Beyond ETS in Europe
Last December, the European Union voted a new system of carbon allowances called the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) designed for the post Kyoto period (after 2013). This new system aims at further reducing greenhouse gases emitted in Europe in a binding way and at showing the commitments the EU had already done before the Copenhagen meeting of December 2009. In order to show the good example, the European Union had committed to implement such binding legislation, even without a satisfactory deal in Copenhagen. - - To avoid carbon leakage, relocation of companies in other regions not complying with similar legislation, the EU Commission will foresee that sectors exposed to international competion, should be granted some free allocations of CO2 emissions provided that they are at least at the same level of a benchmark. Other sectors should buy such credits on an international market. Energy intensive industries in Europe have advocated for this benchmark system in order to keep funds in investment capacities for low carbon products rather than for speculations.. The European chemical industry claims here the need to be closer to the needs of citizens in a sustainable way. To comply with such commitments for a low carbon economy, this requires competitiveness and innovations.
Local Public Actions
There is also a European Conference for the Promotion of Local Actions to Combat Climate Change. The entire morning session on 25 September will be devoted to the Covenant of Mayors.
The Local Government Climate Lounge will be an advocacy and meeting space located directly in the COP 15 building, at the heart of the negotiations.
Official pre Copenhagen negotiation meetings
A draft negotiating text for finalisation at Copenhagen has been publicly released. It is being discussed at a series of meeting before Copenhagen.
Bonn - second negotiating meeting
Delegates from 183 countries met in Bonn from 1 to 12 June 2009. The purpose was to discuss key negotiating texts. These will serve as the basis for the international climate change agreement at Copenhagen. At the conclusion the AWG-KP negotiating group was still far away from the emission reduction range that has been set out by science to avoid the worst ravages of climate change: a minus 25% to minus 40% reduction below 1990 levels by 2020. The AWG-KP still needs to decide on the aggregate emission reduction target for industrialised countries, along with individual targets for each country. Progress was made in gaining clarification of the issues of concern to parties and including these concerns in the updated draft of the negotiating text.
Bangkok
The Bangkok Climate Change Talks has been taking place between 28 September and 9 October 2009 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand.
Discussions were focused, firstly, on what efforts the newly industrialising countries (China, India, Brazil, etc.) are prepared to make to curb the increase of their emissions. Secondly, they were focused on the extent to which industrialised countries are prepared to support developing countries to reduce emissions and to make the necessary adjustments to respond to the changing climate conditions. The goal of the conference is to structure the currently approximately 200-page negotiating text, to eliminate duplication of work and, where necessary, to shorten the text, in order to have a negotiable paper to work on in Copenhagen. Newly industrialising countries are not willing to take on a set of internationally binding emission reduction targets without financial or technical compensation to cover for the economic costs of achieving them as they have much lower per capita emissions than industrialised countries who have historically disproportionate emission levels. newly industrialising countries represent a "common but differentiated responsibility" stand.
Barcelona
The Barcelona meeting is going to be held from 2 to 6 November 2009.
See also
References
- IISD Reporting Services - Upcoming meetings
- http://climate-l.org/2008/07/11/unep-and-daimler-call-for-infrastructure-for-electric-and-fuel-cell-vehicles/#more-1003
- http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2008/smsn/ngo/071.pdf
- http://www.betterplace.com/company/press-release-detail/better-place-city-of-copenhagen-to-partner-on-cop15-ev-showcase
- http://www.newenergyworldnetwork.com/renewable-energy-news/by_technology/energy_efficiency/venture-backed-electric-vehicle-services-provider-better-place-to-establish-electric-vehicle-network-in-copenhagen.html
- Questions and Answers on the Communication Towards a comprehensive climate change agreement in Copenhagen
- Towards a comprehensive climate agreement in Copenhagen
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=FR&hl=fr&v=b1kf_axslfk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpmXY0R7RLQ
- http://www.eea.europa.eu/events/submitted/i-european-conference-for-the-promotion-of-local-actions-to-combat-climate-change-1
- http://www.vleva.eu/content/4608
- http://www.eumayors.eu
- http://www.iclei.org/index.php?id=10497&tx_ttnews=4127&tx_ttnews=983&cHash=bf5e80d264
- "Negotiating text" (PDF) (in English (others available)). United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. p. 53. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - "Progress Made in Negotiations for Ambitious and Effective Copenhagen Deal at Bonn UNFCCC Meeting" (PDF). Press Release. UNFCCC/CCNUCC. 12 June 2009. p. 2. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- http://unfccc.int/meetings/intersessional/bangkok_09/items/4967.php
- http://www.news.admin.ch/message/?lang=en&msg-id=29208
External links
- COP15 Website
- Overview Article of COP-15
- With Copenhagen Summit Approaching, US and China Undercut Hopes of Substantial Pollution Cuts - video report by Democracy Now!