Post date: Nov 23, 2013 9:22:50 AM
Poland-Climate Talks
China Central Television (CCTV) - There was little hope for an agreement between developed and developing countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw on Friday as negotiations went beyond the scheduled 17:00 closure.
Tensions and divergences have blanketed the two-week conference since it started on Nov. 11."We have Australia provoking the Brazilians, the Brazilians provoking the Japanese, the Japanese then provoking the Indians, and it sort of creates this sense of everybody's trying to avoid the issue of the 2015 agreement. They're trying to gain against the clock, so time is running out here," said Liz Gallagher, a spokesperson for Third Generation Environmentalism (E3G), an independent non-profit organization that works in the public interest to accelerate the global transition to sustainable development.
Developed countries promised 100 billion U.S. dollars a year in 2009 to help developing nations by 2020. However, payments have so far fallen far short. Developing countries are now requiring more financing and technology.
However, developed countries think all countries should work together.
Venezuelan climate envoy Claudia Salerno said: "The hallmark of equity is that developed countries have to show leadership in mitigation and to provide adequate finance and technology."
She added that there were also countries that have violated their commitments by pulling out theKyoto Protocol Second Commitment Period. One country even backtracked from a 25-percent emission decrease to a three-percent increase.
As talks in the Polish capital wrap up, negotiators will have to keep the momentum going for next year's meeting in Lima, Peru.
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