The Copenhagen Climate conference is just around the corner and we are working on clear goals for the negotiations, a “simple” menu of what the world needs to agree on.
There are the 10 little points which will help us face climate change and start the basis of a new, cleaner economy:
- Governments need to create a legally binding framework with an amended Kyoto Protocol and a new Copenhagen Protocol, which secures the survival of countries, cultures and ecosystems and clears the way to the low carbon economy.
- Global emissions peak before 2017 keeping overall warming well below the 2°C danger threshold, going down to below 1.5°C as soon as possible.
- Industrialized countries commit to reduce their emissions by 40% by 2020, compared to 1990 levels.
- Developing countries agree to undertake significant action making emissions at least 30% lower than Business-As-Usual by 2020.
- Emissions from forest destruction are reduced by three quarters (75%) by 2020, taking into account indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ rights.
- A framework for immediate adaptation action is set in place, especially for vulnerable countries and ecosystems, including the provision of insurance and compensation.
- Public finance of at least US$160 billion per year is provided to developing countries for adaptation and mitigation through innovative sources of finance.
- Mechanisms are set up to strengthen technology cooperation on research, development and dissemination of low-carbon and climate-resilient technologies.
- A new institutional set-up under the UNFCCC allows for coordination, implementation and funding allocation, in a transparent and democratic way, and incentivizes compliance.
- Parties agree transparent and comparable standards for carbon markets, forests and land use, mitigation efforts and inventories, and ways to limit international aviation and shipping emissions.
