Status of the UNFCCC negotiations : État des négociations de la CCNUCC : bilan des résultats de la Cdp-14 à Poznań

Work under this track led to the adoption of the BAP at COP 13 in Bali, Indonesia in December, 2007, and the formation of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA) as a follow-up process to the dialogue. [...] In the report of the session, the AWG recognized that the contribution of Working Group III to the AR4, “indicates that global emissions of GHGs need to peak in the next 10 to 15 years and be reduced to very low levels, well below half of levels of 2000 by the middle of the twenty-first century in order to stabilize their concentrations in the atmosphere at the lowest levels assessed by the IPCC t [...] Australia set a range of 11 The IPCC Working Group III findings, which are referenced in the BAP note that global emissions of GHGs need to peak in the next 10 to 15 years and be reduced to very low levels, well below half the 2000 levels by the middle of the 21st century to stabilize concentrations in the atmosphere and that achieving the lowest stabilization level assessed by the IPCC would requ [...] The meetings between the first review and COP/MOP 4 determined that the second review would consider improving the governance and distribution of the CDM, facilitating procedures for countries to take on emissions targets under Annex B of the protocol, privileges and immunities, and extending the share of proceeds for adaptation to JI and emission trading. [...] Developing countries tended to support extending the share of emissions to the other two mechanisms and finalizing this in Poznan while developed countries generally supported that this discussion be informed by and discussed in the wider context of the financing and investment pillar under the AWG-LCA or moved to the SBI.