Solar Energy News  
CLIMATE SCIENCE
BASIC nations eye next climate meeting

disclaimer: image is for illustration purposes only
by Staff Writers
New Delhi (UPI) Feb 28, 2011
The BASIC group of countries -- India, China, Brazil and South Africa -- called for specific issues to be addressed before December's climate conference in Durban, South Africa.

In a statement at the conclusion Sunday of a BASIC meeting in New Delhi on climate change, ministers from the four countries said the agreements made during the Cancun, Mexico climate change conference last December couldn't serve as a substitute to the Bali Road Map.

They were referring to the decisions taken at the 2007 climate change conference in Indonesia and said the plan map should continue as the guide for future negotiations, the ministers said.

"There were a number of issues in the Bali Road Map that had not been presented in the Cancun agreements, in particular the issue of equity, intellectual property rights and trade which are all very important to BASIC countries," Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh told reporters Sunday, Press Trust of India reports.

"We will make every effort to bring these issues back to the main stream discussion," Ramesh said.

Ramesh acknowledged that the BASIC nations had differing views on a number of issues, including levels of per capita income and economic development as they relate to emissions, and sources of greenhouse gases, The Hindustan Times reports.

For example, South Africa wants 2025 as the peak year for emissions; India and China disagree. While Brazil wants funds to reduce deforestation, the other BASIC countries favor funds for protection of forests.

Crucial to an agreement at Durban in December, the ministers said: a commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol, a commitment review mechanism for developed and developing countries and strong emission reduction targets for the developed world.

Ramesh called for negotiations in 2011 leading up to Durban to be continued "in a spirit of inclusiveness and transparency."

Regarding the $30 billion Fast Start Finance agreed upon at the Copenhagen, Denmark, 2009 climate change conference to help poor nations most at risk of climate change, Ramesh said it was "highly regrettable and most unfortunate" that there hardly has been any significant disbursal.

"The continued inability to deliver on fast track finance to my mind is a betrayal of the trust and the betrayal of a grand bargain at Copenhagen," he said.

Unless countries begin to see money flowing, Ramesh said, the atmosphere at the Durban meeting "would continue to be clouded with suspicions."







Share This Article With Planet Earth
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit
YahooMyWebYahooMyWeb GoogleGoogle FacebookFacebook



Related Links
Climate Science News - Modeling, Mitigation Adaptation



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


CLIMATE SCIENCE
Arctic Environment During An Ancient Bout Of Natural Global Warming
Southampton UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2011
Scientists are unravelling the environmental changes that took place around the Arctic during an exceptional episode of ancient global warming. Newly published results from a high-resolution study of sediments collected on Spitsbergen represent a significant contribution to this endeavour. The study was led by Dr Ian Harding and Prof John Marshall of the University of Southampton's School of Oce ... read more







CLIMATE SCIENCE
Scientists Identify New Implications For Perennial Bioenergy Crops

Brewery Waste Becomes Scientific Fodder For Producing Liquid Biofuels

Overfertilizing Corn Undermines Ethanol

Amyris Technology Performs At Industrial Scale

CLIMATE SCIENCE
'Walking' marathon set for robots in Japan

Computer creams human 'Jeopardy!' champs

IBM's 'Watson' to take on Jeopardy! champs

For Robust Robots, Let Them Be Babies First

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Eon to build fifth U.K. offshore wind farm

GL Garrad Hassan Launches Onshore Wind Resource Mapping For UK

Construction Begins On Dempsey Ridge Wind Project

India's Suzlon wins $1.28 bn wind power deal

CLIMATE SCIENCE
GM's Shanghai venture to recall 233,000 cars

Luxury dazzles, China beckons at the Geneva motor show

UPS gets green fleet

Volvo to invest $11 bn in next five years

CLIMATE SCIENCE
British military planes in dramatic Libyan desert rescue

EU: Gadhafi has lost control over oil, gas

China oil producer CNPC halts Libya production

Iraq attack prompts refinery closure

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Australia plans carbon pricing

Curved Carbon For Electronics Of The Future

New Research Shows How Light Can Control Electrical Properties Of Graphene

EPA to defer greenhouse gas permitting

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Hong Kong tycoon 'set to clinch British power business'

Germany's RWE sees tough years ahead

S.Korea, China firms in Vietnam power deal

Energy sector deals to increase, PwC says

CLIMATE SCIENCE
Bacteria Living On Old-Growth Trees May Help Forests Grow

Tree-planting world record set in Philippines

Biodiversity In Danger: Which Areas Should Be Protected?

Experts Question Aspects Of Prescribed Burning


The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement