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COP19—Warsaw Local weather Convention — World Points

June 12, 2023
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On this web page:

  1. Introduction
  2. Assembly consequence
  3. In context: frequent however differentiated duties
  4. In context: Storm Haiyan
  5. Lack of urgency
  6. Extra data
  7. Information tales from IPS

Introduction

November 11 – 23, 2013, Warsaw, Poland was the venue for the nineteenth annual United Nations Local weather Change Convention, also referred to as the nineteenth Convention of the Events — or COP 19.

The aim of this convention was to create a loss and injury pillar of a brand new local weather treaty to be finalized in 2015. The opposite two pillars mentioned in earlier conferences are mitigation (emission reductions) and adaptation pillars.

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Assembly consequence

The primary consequence of the assembly was the institution of a global mechanism for a loss and injury related to local weather change impacts .

Predictably, the loss and injury side of local weather negotiations introduced out the worst in some international locations. Some growing international locations have been going to withstand the concept of financing adaptation to local weather change, whereas others appeared to hate the concept of local weather reparations for poor international locations. A couple of years earlier, industrialized nations had made a authorized dedication to a world local weather fund. Unsurprisingly, not a lot got here of it, as Inter Press Service summarized,

In 2009 on the semi-infamous Copenhagen talks, the wealthy international locations made a take care of growing international locations, saying in impact: We’ll provide you with billions of {dollars} for adaptation, ramping as much as 100 billion {dollars} a 12 months by 2020, in alternate for our mitigation amounting to small CO2 cuts as an alternative of creating the massive cuts that we should always do.

The cash to assist poor international locations adapt flowed for the primary three years however has largely dried up. Warsaw was presupposed to be the Finance COP to deliver the promised cash. That did not occur.

International locations like Germany, Switzerland and others in Europe solely managed to scrape collectively guarantees of 110 million {dollars} into the Inexperienced Local weather Fund. Growing international locations wished a assure of 70 billion a 12 months by 2016 however have been blocked by the U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan and others.

Stephen Lehey, South Scores Eleventh-Hour Win on Local weather Loss and Injury, Inter Press Service, November 24, 2013

It bought to the purpose that a whole bunch of representatives from numerous NGOs walked out of the negotiating rooms to protest in opposition to developed international locations’ reluctance to decide to a loss and injury mechanism. And this was a day after the G77+China group of 133 growing international locations walked out of negotiations over the identical factor.

Trying by the briefing reviews from the revered NGO, the Third World Community, It appears that evidently on the floor, whereas an consequence was finally thrashed out, there are lots of areas of weak spot of enough vagueness to fulfill everybody that contentious points which might be seemingly resolved can nonetheless be challenged and altered sooner or later.

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In context: frequent however differentiated duties

A few years in the past all nations agreed that local weather change was largely the results of actions from right this moment’s industrialized nations, as carbon dioxide — the primary greenhouse fuel — stays within the ambiance for many years. But, the poorest would find yourself struggling essentially the most for an issue they largely didn’t trigger. The approaches to mitigation (emissions discount) would subsequently be completely different for these teams of nations — the frequent however differentiated duties precept.

It’s on this context that the dialogue for loss and injury has come about. And it’s one thing that wealthy international locations are eager to do away with .

The years of resistance on this situation (and lots of others) means every time it’s mentioned once more the reactions appear to get much more hostile. Mixed with the dearth of detailed context within the mainstream media protection of this side, it then turns into simpler every time to see culprits as China and India given their huge greenhouse emissions lately, in comparison with the far larger quantity by the industrialized nations over the longer interval. See this web site’s part on local weather justice for extra detailed background.

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In context: Storm Haiyan

Storm Haiyan was the most important cyclone on document to hit land

The assembly got here on the time when the devastating Storm Haiyan had simply killed hundreds within the Philippines and affected thousands and thousands extra. It was an ominous warning of what could possibly be extra frequent as local weather change continues to take maintain.

It was additionally an instance of how poorer nations could possibly be affected by an issue they’ve largely not been liable for and that whereas all of the worldwide outpouring of help and help was extremely welcome, that help for stopping and adapting to such occasions is paramount and efforts are urgently wanted to curb emission will increase.

In an emotional speech the Philippines lead negotiator for the convention, Naderev Saño, obtained a standing ovation for asserting that he’ll go on a starvation strike till a significant consequence is in sight.

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Lack of urgency

Inter Press Service (IPS) famous the seeming lack of urgency given the years and years of delay and watering down of significant motion:

To have a great probability at staying below two levels C, industrialised international locations have to crash their CO2 emissions 10 % per 12 months beginning in 2014, stated Kevin Anderson of the Tyndall Centre for Local weather Change Analysis on the College of Manchester.

We are able to nonetheless do two C however not the way in which we’re going, Anderson stated on the sidelines of COP 19 in Warsaw. He questioned why negotiators on the within usually are not reacting to the truth that it’s too late for incremental modifications.

I’m actually shocked there is no such thing as a sense of urgency right here, he advised IPS.

Stephen Lehey, South Scores Eleventh-Hour Win on Local weather Loss and Injury, Inter Press Service, November 24, 2013

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Extra data

Because the convention continues to be underway as this web page is written, extra data might be added right here after the occasion is over.

For extra in regards to the points from different organizations, listed here are some beginning factors:

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Information tales from IPS

Beneath is a listing of tales from Inter Press Service associated to the Warsaw local weather convention and its aftermath.

  1. Kenya Moots Disbanding the Loss and Injury Fund, Seeks Truthful Equitable Local weather Motion