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Warsaw Conference: “Small steps forward while awaiting major decisions at the 2015 Paris Conference”
Gako-hitzak: COP19, UNFCCC, Warsaw, climate policy
Autorea(k): Galarraga.I and Román. M.V
Data: 2013-20-12
Alea: PB 2013/ Special Issue-01
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Keypoints
- Consensus was reached on the text on which the future global
agreement in Paris 2015 on cutting emissions will be based. The
countries will have to explain by means of biannual reports from
2014 onwards how they are going to fulfil the funding pledge in the
long term. The establishing of requirements for the measuring,
reporting and verification of emissions cuts and the financial flows
remained pending.
- The declarations by Japan, Australia and Canada on their
mitigation plans increased concern about the viability of keeping
temperatures below the danger level. Brazil’s proposal to develop
a methodology for the distribution of mitigation efforts based on
historical responsibility was not successful.
- The disagreement between developed and developing countries
remains in terms of the priority to fix the mitigation ambitions as
opposed to that of fixing financial support and the transfer of
capacities and technology.
- The “Warsaw International Mechanism” and the “Warsaw
Framework for REDD+” were set up. The first one, whose
functioning has yet to be determined and which has no budget, is
intended to address loss and damage. The second contains
funding systems for REDD+ actions, together with methodological
questions, and has an initial budget of 280 million dollars.
- It was agreed that support should be given to the Adaptation Fund
(which was provided with an additional amount of over 100 million
dollars), the Clean Development Mechanism and the Joint
Implementation, the continuity of which is in danger in view of the
current price of carbon.