BFM on COP21 #2: The Developed and The Developing Highlights

“Let’s be realistic. The objective of containing the rise of global warming under 2 degrees Celsius will not be reached in Paris in December, of course, but so far we’ve analyzed the contributions, we seemed to be on track for 3 degrees, it’s too much, it shows that we should increase our efforts, but it shows also that we are not on track for 4 or 5 degrees, which would be more...

“The key is to build confidence between parties, if we don’t build confidence we are going to run into problems. […] We are enhancing the convention that already exists with its existing obligations, where it’s common and differentiated, it’s according to equity. We are enhancing that, that is we must add to it, not substract from it. ”
—Professor Gurdial Sin more...

“You cannot say ‘this country should do more, this country should do less, we are only going to support the extremely vulnerable countries’, because every country is vulnerable, we had the worst recorded floods, Philippines had some of the worst ever, we are witnessing this almost on a monthly basis. So key is, preserve the fundamental principles of the convention, work on that, enhance t more...

“The danger is, there are countries now, that under the name of the fact that this is a very complex set of negotiations, are trying actually to detract from the fundamental principles of the convention. So whenever developing countries put in any text that is in accordance with the principles of the provisions, or even mention any article, they are bracketed, which means developed countries more...

“NGOs will be there all the time [during the negotiations]. But it’s an extraordinarily complex negotiation, even with 195 countries and representatives from each state it’s so complex and so difficult, I think it’s up to each state to convey concerns of NGOs, and I think to have them at the opening and closing session of the negotiation is already a good result, I don’ more...

“The problem now is, in these negotiations, there is a lot of resistance from developed countries. […] They are not prepared to provide figures on finance, no commitment on finance, and then it is suggested there is 62% financing [62 out of 100b USD to be provided for the climate fund], but for a lot of this financing there is no transparency. When Japan says they’ve given Malaysi more...

“We have reached now the 62 billion per year of financing for climate change. We are not yet at 100, but we are not at 10 or 20. ”
—Christophe Penot, Ambassador of France to Malaysia

“The New York Times from Nov 4th says ‘Unconditional national commitments made by countries for the Paris meeting are project to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions through 2030 by an average of only 3% below the business as usual average raise of 8%’. This is ‘unconditional’, which means that absolutely we make our commitments, taking it collectively as a whole. But there is a cond more...

“It’s important to raise awareness of the public. In Malaysia now, the awareness of the public regarding climate change is very low I must say, inspite of all the efforts by the NGOs. This is something that the country can do, you don’t need the support from developed countries to do that. You don’t need the support from developed countries to cut subsidies on fossil fuels o more...

“Things are moving very fast. If you take ASEAN for instance, as far as things go, they are on track to become, by 2030, the world’s third largest emitter, after the United States and China. 2030 is tomorrow for climate change, so it’s true that ASEAN countries need some support and some financial aid, but they must also act on their own. To deliver new policies, think about renew more...

“Up to this point, developed countries have made a commitment, but they have not fulfilled their commitment [100b usd yearly financing for the climate fund]. Developed countries want to make it only mitigation-centric, which means you reduce your emissions, very little focus on adaptation, but we got to adapt. A country like Malaysia, there were the Kelantan floods, the government has to att more...

“CBDR is at the center of this convention. The point that developing nations are saying, is that historical responsibility for this state of affairs [global temperature raise] lies with developed countries, so the primary responsibility to combat the climate change problem lies with developed countries. We all have common responsibilities to reduce it, but the lead must be taken by developed more...

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