Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

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“Post-Kyoto” or “Copenhagen Protocol” or “Post-Copenhagen ClimateRegime” are criticized by them as these are misleading people toaccept that the Kyoto Protocol is dead.• UNFCCC: There are some attempts to amend the UNFCCC. However, G77and China or the developing countries are resisting this.5What are the Contentious Issues inthe Climate Change Negotiations? 11ISSUES OFCONTENTIONDEVELOPINGCOUNTRIESDEVELOPEDCOUNTRIESPROPOSEDPOSITIONS WHICHINDIGENOUSPEOPLES CAN TAKEOverridingGoals- Pursue 2 ndCommitmentPeriod underthe KyotoProtocol (KP)(2013 - 2017);- Want Annex1(A1) countriesto makeambitiousemissionscuts in 2 ndCommitmentPeriod of KPby at least40% by 2017;- Want A1countries tomeet theirobligationsunder theUNFCCCwhich isto providefinance andundertaketechnologytransfer todevelopingcountries.- Get developingcountries to makedeeper internationalcommitments onmitigation;- Want differentiation ofdeveloping countrieswith “advanced”countries (China,India, etc.) makingbinding or semibindingcommitments;- Want to kill the KPand come up withanother protocol (thus,references to “Post-Kyoto Agreementor a CopenhagenAgreement);- Developing countriesto commit (15-30%)cuts (not found in BaliAction Plan).- Support developingcountries’ positionthat KP should notbe killed and targetsfor A1 countries to beagreed upon for 2 ndCommitment Period(2013-2017) should bereached;- At least 45%emissions cut by A1and USA by end of 2 ndCommitment Period(2017);- A1 countries tomeet their obligationsfor finance andtechnology transfer;- Finance shouldreach indigenouscommunities andtechnologies shouldbe assessed forsocio-economic andenvironmental impacts(more discussions onthis under the financeand technologysections).126 <strong>Guide</strong> on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples
Historicalresponsibilityandcommon butdifferentiatedresponsibilities- A1 countries,beingresponsible fortheir emissionssince theindustrialrevolution,should meettheir legallybindingcommitmentsfor emissionsreduction andfinance andtechnology(Art. 4.3UNFCCC);- Developingcountriesare notresponsible,thus, shouldnot besubjected tolegally bindingemissionsreduction;- Will undertakeactions butthese dependon finance andtechnologyfromdevelopedcountries (Art.4.7 UNFCCC).- Do not accepthistoricalresponsibility, andeven if they do, theonly responsibilitythey will own beginsfrom 1992;- Agree to commonbut differentiatedresponsibilities butare now interpretingthis to mean thatdeveloping countriesmust be differentiatedin terms of theirobligations;- Creation of categoryof “most vulnerablecountries” or MVCs.- Accept historicaldebt or climate debt(emissions debtand adaptationdebt - Bolivia, et al.,position), i.e., thosemainly responsiblefor polluting theatmosphere shouldpay their debts,comply with theirlegally bindingcommitments andcommit highertargets under the 2 ndCommitment Period;- A1 countries whowere not able to meettheir commitmentsunder the FirstCommitment Periodshould be subjected tosanctions.PART VIII: The Current State of Climate Change Negotiations 127
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