2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The UN climate conference in Cancún was held until 10 December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico from November 29. She was the 16th Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention of the United Nations and presented the sixth meeting of the Kyoto Protocol dar.

Expectations

The expectations for the conference were from the outset rather low. At the UN climate conference in Copenhagen the year before was only formulated a letter of intent and was not adopted any specific measures. Although goals have been defined, namely that the global mean temperature should not exceed two degrees above pre-industrial time to rise, but no internationally binding measures have been taken.

Were expected to include provisions for the protection of the rain forests and a climate fund, which should assist developing countries in climate protection financially.

Course

Bolivia's government refused to agree to be the world 's leading industrial nations "compromise" on climate change. President Evo Morales had, among other things, a UN tribunal for " climate justice ", an "alliance of governments and peoples " and the elimination of " luxury and extravagance " is required and the international community to "save the planet" asked and as primary objective the reduction of the CO2 emissions named, that would be blocked by the major industrialized nations today. Contrary to the practice of the UN conferences, the Conference Minister and Foreign Minister of the host Mexico, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, the veto of Bolivians only " take note" and declared the final declaration without consensus adopted.

Results

At the conference, binding, international climate protection measures have been agreed for the first time. The industrialized countries acknowledged that carbon dioxide emissions must be reduced by 2020 by 25 to 40 percent. In addition, it undertook to comply with the voluntary targets that were set earlier in the year as part of the Copenhagen Accord; these are documented in the document " FCCC/SB/2011/INF1/Rev.1 ". To achieve this, they were asked to increase funding for climate protection. It was negotiated that countries can make as a carbon sink contends with large areas of forest (eg Russia).

To stop the goal, a global warming of more than two degrees, was acknowledged and agreed a way of lowering the mark to up to 1.5 degrees Celsius. These countries should develop clear timetables for the reduction of emissions and their own national programs.

In order to relieve the most affected by the heating regions, it was agreed to establish a climate fund annually as emergency aid with a circumference of 10 billion dollars. For the long-term climate financing was decided to create a fund ( Green Climate Fund - GCF), from the particular mitigation measures to be financed in developing countries. It is planned that the GCF from 2013 is fully operationalized and can begin its work. The industrialized countries equip the GCF with agents intended to grow to $ 100 billion a year from 2020. In addition to financial assistance to get asked technical developments for climate protection is available through a register kept by the United Nations Technology Centre developing countries.

In order to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests (REDD - plus), the individual States were invited to develop national implementation plans, reports on the impact of their forests to greenhouse gas emissions and transparent monitoring systems through expansion and state of their forests.