Day 3 at Climate Talks: Enhancing a development agenda in climate change for developing countries
L-R: Matthew Stilwell, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development; Scott Stone, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development; Martin Khor Kok Peng, Third World Network; Vicente Paolo Yu, South Centre; Meenakshi Raman, Friends of the Earth-Malaysia; and Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute.
Vicente Paolo Yu, South Centre, introduced the South Centre policy paper “Integrating Development in Climate Change.”
Martin Khor Kok Peng, Third World Network, stressed that developing countries are ill-prepared to negotiate the post-Kyoto regime and that the South is facing three development disasters: the current one; that caused by climate change; and the one that could be caused by the solutions agreed upon to address climate change.
Meenakshi Raman, Friends of the Earth-Malaysia, underscored that very little of the Kyoto Protocol’s obligations on finance and technology transfer have been met by developed countries and urged a review of what has been achieved so far before embarking on the negotiation of new commitments.
Sivan Kartha, Stockholm Environment Institute, emphasized that a viable climate regime should: ensure mitigation; enable the depth and extent of adaptation needed; and safeguard the development of the South.
Matthew Stilwell and Scott Stone, Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, described some aspects of the ozone process that may offer lessons for climate, including the funding of National Focal Points under the Multilateral Fund to facilitate technology transfer, and ambitious targets that keep pace with new science.
Participants discussed likely and promising schemes to implement the financial and technology transfer obligations of the North. More information Contacts
http://www.southcentre.org
http://www.twnside.org.sg
http://www.foei.org
http://www.igsd.org
http://www.sei.se
Vicente Paolo Yu <yu@southcentre.org>
Martin Khor Kok Peng <mkhor@igc.org>
Meenakshi Raman <meenaco@pd.jaring.my>
Sivan Kartha <skartha@sei.se>
Matthew Stilwell <stilwell@bluewin.ch>
Scott Stone <sstone@igsd.org>
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