Countries most vulnerable to climate change call for binding agreements from COP18
The countries around the world most vulnerable to climate change demanded that ‘developed countries’ forge legally binding agreements at COP18 in Doha.
The countries around the world most vulnerable to climate change demanded that ‘developed countries’ forge legally binding agreements at COP18 in Doha.
The message was given at the final plenary panel session of the pre COP meetings in Bangkok this week and was voiced by the Least Developed Countries and the Alliance of Small Island States. The two organisations called on leaders of the worlds developed countries to raise the ambition of their emissions reduction commitments and submit legally binding QELROS (Quantified Emissions Limitation and Reduction Obligations).
They stated that their position represented the view of 100 countries and over a billion people from regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
The panel and attendees heard warnings that states that were planning not to take part in the Kyoto Protocol 2 process that they would be denied access to CDM carbon credits, which make it cheaper for them to meet emissions reduction targets.
The talks concluded on Wednesday with the release of a draft of the Kyoto Protocol which will form the basis of official discussions at COP18 in Doha. The Protocol, agreed in 1997, set out legally binding emissions cuts for developed nations.
