Negotiating session of the Convention on Climate Change (Bonn, May31 to June 11, 2010)

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The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change session taking place in Bonn from May 31 to June 11 marks the resumption of the climate negotiations within the UN framework. It will focus on the two main working groups on the Kyoto Protocol and on long term cooperative action (LCA).

France believes that the UNFCCC should remain central to the negotiations and benefit from the contributions of smaller initiatives, allowing progress to be made on certain tracks of the discussion. The special efforts of Norway and France with respect to the fight against deforestation (REDD+) have for example allowed progress to be made on an issue that is critical for many developing countries.

The Bonn session should determine the outline of a future post-2012 international climate regime based on the results achieved in Copenhagen and during the last five months. This is an important step in preparation for the Cancun Conference in December. It’s vital to make a good start to this phase of the discussions; these negotiations were planned in Bonn on April 11. The Zimbabwean president of the LCA group proposed a new draft text on May 17 which should facilitate the discussions.

The session should allow us to reaffirm our determination to swiftly implement the Copenhagen Accord, i.e. make progress on all tracks of the negotiation based on the guidelines provided in Copenhagen by the Heads of State and Government. France, together with its European partners will present, on the sidelines of the discussions, certain projects initiated within the framework of fast start financing. For the record, our contribution for the three-year period 2010-2012 amounts to €1.2 billion out of the €7.2 billion planned by the EU. The Copenhagen Accord, which represented key progress, will now benefit from the support of 129 States and should become fully integrated into the UNFCCC.

The French delegation will be led by Brice Lalonde, Ambassador responsible for Climate Negotiations, and will endeavor to support the Spanish presidency of the EU Council. It will reaffirm that France’s priority is to support the most vulnerable countries, in particular African countries and the Small Island Developing States, and will underline the need to take development into consideration in the fight against climate change.

Posted on June 5, 2010 · in Global

Tagged as: climate change • REDD • UNFCCC