The World Wildlife Fund (WWF, for its acronym in English) believes that the forthcoming summit on climate change to be held in Cancun does not culminate in a binding global agreement to reduce emissions, but can leave significant progress "deforestation, adaptation" and "technology."
"We must recognize as an international community that we are not in a position to come together and reach a global agreement in Cancun. I think nobody expected that, "said WWF director general, American James Leape said in an interview with Efe.
Leape, who is in Mexico City in the Global Summit on Business and the Environment (B4E), which closes today, stressed the need "for governments to find ways in Cancun to make progress tangible and important, setting a clear direction for future negotiations. "
DEFORESTATION AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
He felt that the expectation of results in the XVI Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16), to be held from 29 November to 10 December this year in Cancun, will focus on achieving "some important parts agreements for a global agreement such as deforestation, adaptation and access to clean technologies."
"Those would be significant in themselves and a sign for the business world and that governments are facing this issue, "said the activist.
"If governments find ways to reach agreements on these pieces of the puzzle, it will be important to advance the issues and also to restore confidence that they are serious about working together for a solution," he said.
Around possible negotiations in Cancun in relation to the Kyoto Protocol, which set an emissions reduction target of 5.2% in 1997 compared to those in 1990, said it was unlikely that the new post-Kyoto commitments be achieved in the COP16.
however noted that since the treaty expires in 2012, "it is important that governments begin a fijar algunas líneas de cómo van a afrontar el futuro”.
“Nosotros sugerimos que los Gobiernos pongan trabajo para compromisos en el período 2013-2017, la secuela lógica a Kioto, pero no solucionarán todo este asunto en Cancún”, agregó el director de WWF.
EMISIONES CONTAMINANTES
Finalmente comentó que aún no hay consenso en la comunidad internacional ni en la de negocios sobre si debería haber un impuesto a las emisiones contaminantes derivadas del uso de combustibles que generan dióxido de carbono (CO2), como el petróleo y el carbón.
“Aquí no se ha tratado específicamente de un impuesto al carbono. Lo que sí has been heard here and there in one way or another we have to give a price. The question of whether a tax is a system for capping and trading carbon is secondary, "he said.
To Leape "everybody recognizes that markets must receive a clear message that we should be leaving the carbon, and this has to do also with the elimination of the very high subsidies provided fossil fuel industry," he said .
WWF is a non governmental organization working for twenty years and that climate change from a decade ago has a program (Climate Savers) in collaboration with companies which analyzes them how to go beyond reducing global warming emissions and improve energy efficiency.
"We must recognize as an international community that we are not in a position to come together and reach a global agreement in Cancun. I think nobody expected that, "said WWF director general, American James Leape said in an interview with Efe.
Leape, who is in Mexico City in the Global Summit on Business and the Environment (B4E), which closes today, stressed the need "for governments to find ways in Cancun to make progress tangible and important, setting a clear direction for future negotiations. "
DEFORESTATION AND CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES
He felt that the expectation of results in the XVI Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16), to be held from 29 November to 10 December this year in Cancun, will focus on achieving "some important parts agreements for a global agreement such as deforestation, adaptation and access to clean technologies."
"Those would be significant in themselves and a sign for the business world and that governments are facing this issue, "said the activist.
"If governments find ways to reach agreements on these pieces of the puzzle, it will be important to advance the issues and also to restore confidence that they are serious about working together for a solution," he said.
Around possible negotiations in Cancun in relation to the Kyoto Protocol, which set an emissions reduction target of 5.2% in 1997 compared to those in 1990, said it was unlikely that the new post-Kyoto commitments be achieved in the COP16.
however noted that since the treaty expires in 2012, "it is important that governments begin a fijar algunas líneas de cómo van a afrontar el futuro”.
“Nosotros sugerimos que los Gobiernos pongan trabajo para compromisos en el período 2013-2017, la secuela lógica a Kioto, pero no solucionarán todo este asunto en Cancún”, agregó el director de WWF.
EMISIONES CONTAMINANTES
Finalmente comentó que aún no hay consenso en la comunidad internacional ni en la de negocios sobre si debería haber un impuesto a las emisiones contaminantes derivadas del uso de combustibles que generan dióxido de carbono (CO2), como el petróleo y el carbón.
“Aquí no se ha tratado específicamente de un impuesto al carbono. Lo que sí has been heard here and there in one way or another we have to give a price. The question of whether a tax is a system for capping and trading carbon is secondary, "he said.
To Leape "everybody recognizes that markets must receive a clear message that we should be leaving the carbon, and this has to do also with the elimination of the very high subsidies provided fossil fuel industry," he said .
WWF is a non governmental organization working for twenty years and that climate change from a decade ago has a program (Climate Savers) in collaboration with companies which analyzes them how to go beyond reducing global warming emissions and improve energy efficiency.
Source: El Comercio
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