Cancun Climate Conference the Main Theme of Pragmatic

Submitted By: Himfr Paul
Last December climate conference in Copenhagen, representatives of the parties anger is not small, the meeting war of words, seemed busy and tense atmosphere of the meeting. However, high expectations for the meeting has not brought more progress. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also admitted that in the past few sessions of the UN climate conference, people always have high expectations, hoping to reach their satisfaction with the results, but last year's climate conference in Copenhagen proved that expectations may not be associated with the final result.

The meeting is expected to reduce the efforts to achieve meaningful progress, the Government of Mexico hosted a conference in Cancun primary consideration. Whether the conference level, or the negotiating agenda, promoting methods, all show that the organizers of the care and thought.

The first weeks of negotiations in a calm and orderly environment. Chairman of the two ad hoc working group on the basis of discussion in the previous were out of the new negotiating text. The past contains numerous options and a lengthy text in brackets, the new text summarizes key "elements to achieve results may be" significant differences between the parties in abeyance.

In the second week, the new Chair's text has been split into a finite "elements of text", delegates focused around the various elements of the negotiations, then the options to further improve and fewer elements of the text were submitted to the ministers. 7 day phase of the high-level talks, the ministers also launched frequent bilateral and multilateral consultations, in an effort to reach agreement on certain matters, and each of the various elements of the text was finalized, and strive to reach the meeting in Cancun, "a balanced package of decisions" .

Different parties view the Cancun meeting, but it is very clear as are the differences between each other, the parties have reduced expectations of the General Assembly, and understand that differences do nothing to solve the dispute.

Calls on all parties to compromise as the main theme of the meeting. EU commissioner responsible for climate Connie Hedegaard 6, calls upon all States to show "the spirit of compromise." The Climate Conference in Cancun, Xie Zhenhua, head of the Chinese delegation also stressed that parties should seek common ground, mutual compromise, and finally to achieve win-win situation. Todd Stern, climate change, the U.S. envoy said the U.S. supported the creation of "green fund" in the financing of the United States has demonstrated a certain flexibility.

During the meeting, China has been playing an active and constructive role, has been widely praised. For example, the Chinese government after the other members of the four countries with the foundation and the coordination of other developing countries, put forward its own proposals on the elements of the negotiations, program. In addition, the Group of 77 and China submitted with the mitigation of climate change concerns on education, training and awareness issues draft report was unanimously adopted as the Cancun meeting, a consensus reached in the first.

Gradually reflect the practical effect of the negotiations, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon 7, said that in the past week, Cancun climate conference in forest protection, climate change adaptation, technology transfer and financial support, and so has achieved progress, particularly According to the "Copenhagen Protocol" developed countries raise 30 billion U.S. dollars fast start-up capital of the problem, significant progress has been made.