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Climate Change talks moves into full negotiation mode

The Caritas CIDSE stand at climate change talks in Bonn

The Caritas CIDSE stand at climate change talks in Bonn

by Floriana Polito in Bonn

Yesterday morning, at the airport of Geneva while waiting to board my flight to Bonn, Germany, I immediately recognized the representative of a State delegation working for a Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva. Her final destination: Bonn, Climate change talks. She recognized me too and with a big smile on her face she asked me: “Are you going to Bonn for the UNFCCC meeting? Happy to see a familiar face, I said yes and I promptly took out of my bag the flyer of our panel discussion on adaptation technologies and kindly invited her the event on the 2nd June. She smiled again and promised too be there.
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Preview to Bonn climate talks

Are climate talks already stuck in the mud? Credit: David Snyder/Caritas

Are climate talks already stuck in the mud? Credit: David Snyder/Caritas

by Christine Campeau, Caritas Internationalis Representative

The Poznan meeting on climate change in December marked the mid-way point in international discussions to agree on a new global climate change framework. The 2009 workplan was agreed upon at this meeting, which included a timeline to have a negotiating text prepared by the Bonn II meetings in June.

With regards to situating the Bonn talks on “the road to Copenhagen,” the UNFCCC Executive Secretary de Boer identified four minimum requirements for a successful Copenhagen agreement: targets for Annex I parties; meaningful efforts by major developing countries to limit emissions growth; financial and technological support for mitigation and adaptation; and clarity on governance. Until now, clarity has been reached on these areas however we still await real substance.
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