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Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples

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Historicalresp<strong>on</strong>sibility<strong>and</strong>comm<strong>on</strong> butdifferentiatedresp<strong>on</strong>sibilities- A1 countries,beingresp<strong>on</strong>sible fortheir emissi<strong>on</strong>ssince theindustrialrevoluti<strong>on</strong>,should meettheir legallybindingcommitmentsfor emissi<strong>on</strong>sreducti<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong>finance <strong>and</strong>technology(Art. 4.3UNFCCC);- Developingcountriesare notresp<strong>on</strong>sible,thus, shouldnot besubjected tolegally bindingemissi<strong>on</strong>sreducti<strong>on</strong>;- Will undertakeacti<strong>on</strong>s butthese depend<strong>on</strong> finance <strong>and</strong>technologyfromdevelopedcountries (Art.4.7 UNFCCC).- Do not accepthistoricalresp<strong>on</strong>sibility, <strong>and</strong>even if they do, the<strong>on</strong>ly resp<strong>on</strong>sibilitythey will own beginsfrom 1992;- Agree to comm<strong>on</strong>but differentiatedresp<strong>on</strong>sibilities butare now interpretingthis to mean thatdeveloping countriesmust be differentiatedin terms of theirobligati<strong>on</strong>s;- Creati<strong>on</strong> of categoryof “most vulnerablecountries” or MVCs.- Accept historicaldebt or climate debt(emissi<strong>on</strong>s debt<strong>and</strong> adaptati<strong>on</strong>debt - Bolivia, et al.,positi<strong>on</strong>), i.e., thosemainly resp<strong>on</strong>siblefor polluting theatmosphere shouldpay their debts,comply with theirlegally bindingcommitments <strong>and</strong>commit highertargets under the 2 ndCommitment Period;- A1 countries whowere not able to meettheir commitmentsunder the FirstCommitment Periodshould be subjected tosancti<strong>on</strong>s.PART VIII: The Current State of <strong>Climate</strong> <strong>Change</strong> Negotiati<strong>on</strong>s 127

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