Dopo il caos di Copenhagen, Ed Miliband chiede pubblicamente la riforma dei processi di discussione e decisione della Convenzione ONU sui Cambiamenti Climatici.Miliband parla “candidamente” dei successi e insuccessi di Copenhagen. Riguardo ai successi, sottolinea come “non avremmo visto i progressi che ci sono stati nel corso dell’ultimo anno se non ci fossero state la campagne [per il clima] nel mondo. [...] La sfida per noi tutti è non perdere passione e momentum”.
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22 December - Miliband urges reform of negotiation process
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has issued a public call for reform of the United Nations climate change negotiations, which transpired to be 'a chaotic process dogged by procedural games'.
'We would never have seen the progress we have seen over the last year if it hadn’t been for the campaigning efforts worldwide,' he said.
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Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband has issued a public call for reform of the United Nations climate change negotiations, which transpired to be 'a chaotic process dogged by procedural games'.
Writing in The Guardian on 21 December, Mr Miliband reflected that 'The procedural wrangling was, in fact, a cover for points of serious, substantive disagreement,' Mr Miliband wrote. 'The last two weeks at times have presented a farcical picture to the public.'
'We cannot again allow negotiations on real points of substance to be hijacked in this way. We will need to have major reform of the UN body overseeing the negotiations and of the way the negotiations are conducted.'
He said that while the 'vast majority' of developed and developing countries believed that a legally binding agreement was the only way to deliver a 'lasting accord that protects the planet', some leading developing countries currently refused to countenance this.
He pointed to China for vetoing two key elements of the Accord that had the support of a coalition of developed and the vast majority of developing countries:
• An agreement that the political accord struck in Copenhagen should lead to a legally binding outcome; and
• An agreement on 50% reductions in global emissions by 2050 or on 80% reductions by developed countries.
'Indeed, this is one of the straws in the wind for the future: the old order of developed versus developing has been replaced by more interesting alliances,' he said.
Despite his critique of the process, Mr Miliband asserted that real progress had been over the past 12 months – partly catalysed by the deadline of Copenhagen – and in the Copenhagen Accord itself, notably on issue of finance for poor countries.
He said countries signing the accord had for the first time:
• endorsed the science that says that countries must prevent warming of more than 2 deg C;
• agreed that developing countries, including China, as well as developed countries must set out emissions commitments for the next decade;
• Agreed that these commitments be listed and independently scrutinised, with reports to the UN required every two years; and
• Established an unprecedented commitment among rich countries to finance the response to climate change: $10bn a year over the next three years rising to $100bn a year by 2020.
'The challenge for all of us is not to lose heart and momentum,' he wrote. 'Today many people will be feeling gloomy about the results of their efforts.'
'But no campaign ever wholly succeeds at the first time of asking. We should take heart from the achievements and step up our efforts. The road from Copenhagen will have as many obstacles as the road to it. But this year has proved what can be done, as well as the scale of the challenge we face.'
Later on 21 December, Mr Miliband told a conference organised by the Department of Energy and Climate Change in London that it was important to be 'candid' about where the negotiation failed as well as succeeded.
'We would never have seen the progress we have seen over the last year if it hadn’t been for the campaigning efforts worldwide,' he said, attributing that to the reason for 113 world leaders turning up in person.
He conceded that the negotiations did not deliver the outcomes the UK had hoped for. 'If that's the case some people in the room might be thinking 'if that's the case why did we sign this and why did you not reject it out of hand and simply start again?',' he said.
He revealed that the Government did consider whether this was an Accord that was worth signing but concluded: 'We were most moved by the voices of the Maldives and Ethiopia who said 'actually, however imperfect this Accord is, we want to have the money starting to flow and we want to note the progress that has been made. That was the reason we decided to ahead with this Accord.''
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