Today is the final day of talks. There was hope that the arrival of Ministers yesterday for ‘high level’ talks might help but progress is still slow. The atmosphere is grey and stagnant – like the weather outside.
I understand one major problem is that many developed countries have been unwilling to bring their commitment for cutting emissions by 2020 to the table. This has hampered talks here in Poznan. Hopes for progress on this have melted. This means the range of 25-40% emissions cuts by 2020 recognised last year at the talks in Bali still stands, but has not been built on.
I caught up with Raju, our partner from Nepal who is here at the talks with Tearfund. He said:
“The talks are not progressing beyond what was agreed last year in Bali. This is very sad as the same decisions are being dug up again.”
Negotiations continue and are likely to run into the night. One track of talks we have yet to hear about is on how to help countries adapt with climate change. We hope there will be agreement on schemes for providing finance and green technology to help with this. These are important for developing countries already hit by the changing climate. We think there might be some progress on this in the next few hours so I hope to write with good news soon.
I understand one major problem is that many developed countries have been unwilling to bring their commitment for cutting emissions by 2020 to the table. This has hampered talks here in Poznan. Hopes for progress on this have melted. This means the range of 25-40% emissions cuts by 2020 recognised last year at the talks in Bali still stands, but has not been built on.
I caught up with Raju, our partner from Nepal who is here at the talks with Tearfund. He said:
“The talks are not progressing beyond what was agreed last year in Bali. This is very sad as the same decisions are being dug up again.”
Negotiations continue and are likely to run into the night. One track of talks we have yet to hear about is on how to help countries adapt with climate change. We hope there will be agreement on schemes for providing finance and green technology to help with this. These are important for developing countries already hit by the changing climate. We think there might be some progress on this in the next few hours so I hope to write with good news soon.
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