Difference between revisions of "Climate Change Negotiations"
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== Questions to research == | == Questions to research == | ||
1. | 1. What is a current state of negotiations process?<br> | ||
The main topic under discussion is replacement/extension for a Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. Unfortunately negotiations in Copenhagen did not bring expected results. Current version of possible future agreement is still under discussion on a very early stage. A lot of parties can not find consensus on a topic. <br><br> | |||
2. Why the negotiations are | 2. Why the negotiations are necessary and so important?<br> | ||
The world need to set a new target after Kyoto Protocol and Copenhagen Accord. | The world need to set a new target after Kyoto Protocol and Copenhagen Accord. It is required to reduce pace with which developing countries are increasing their CO2 emissions (in order not to slow down their growth) and reduce total amount of emissions for developed countries to prevent disastrous climate and ecological changes in the nearest decades. Total reduction should be at least 20%. Some parties, such as EU, are trying to reduce amount of emissions on more that target 20%, other parties decline to take any actions. Only 25% of participants (in terms of CO2 emissions amount)took the responsibility during Copenhagen meeting. Therefore negotiations are needed without any doubts.<br><br> | ||
3. | 3. How the negotiations are being pursued by different parties and who are the major parties trying to slow down the proccess? <br> | ||
OPEC | Developing countries such as China and India, OPEC countries, and mainly U.S. are going against restriction suggested in Kyoto protocol. For U.S. it does not seem that they will change their position in the future.<br><br> | ||
U.S. | |||
4. How does the negotiation proccess work?<br> | 4. How does the negotiation proccess work?<br> | ||
Basically, they have negotiation meetings in every working day in the EU organization. After all the EU member make a deal, they starts processing regin to regin or regin to country | Basically, they have negotiation meetings in every working day in the EU organization. After all the EU member make a deal, they starts processing regin to regin or regin to country negotiations in each international climate change meeting. ''will elaborate on this''<br><br> | ||
5. [[Could an agreement upon GHG reduction occur outside of the UN (UNFCCC)? (I.e. within the context of another group of countries.)]]<br> | 5. [[Could an agreement upon GHG reduction occur outside of the UN (UNFCCC)? (I.e. within the context of another group of countries.)]]<br> | ||