Elisabeth Ellegaard Cabinet Magnette

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Elisabeth Ellegaard Cabinet Magnette

• 15th Conference of the UN on Climate Change
• Copenhagen (December 2009)
• Preparation of BE position and EU negotiations

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4 Building Blocks
2C ? More mitigation less adaptation
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4 Building Blocks
Support for DC
Support for DC
Investment in technology
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4 Building Blocks
Transfer to DC
Transfer to DC
Investment in technology
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4 Building Blocks

• Shared Vision
• Integrate all building blocks
• Principles
• Long term goal
• ?T
• ppm
• peaking year
• emission trajectories

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2 Track approach in the Bali Roadmap (2007-2009)

• AWG LCA
• Convention
• Long Term Cooperative Action
• Bali Action Plan
• Shared vision (incl. Long Term Goal for Emission
  Reductions)
• Mitigation (incl. REDD sectoral approaches, ..)
• Adaptation
• Technology
• Finance

• AWG KP
• Kyoto Protocol art. 3.9
• Further commitments Annex 1 parties
• Aggregate and individual scale of emission
  reductions by Annex 1 Parties (Annex B)
• Accounting rules LULUCF
• Enhanced and new flexibility mechanisms, )

Legal form of the Agreement ?
AWG KP
AWG LCA
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Mitigation
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Mitigation

• Main challenges for the EU
• Sufficient leadership what kind of leadership?
  Building bridges
• Transition towards 30 target
• Linked to comparability of efforts of other
  industrialised countries
• Sufficient action for developping countries
  finance technology transfer
• Key elements of BE position
• Copenhagen agreement not undermine environmental
  integrity and level playing field
• LULUCF
• Surplus AAU
• REDD / REDD Carbon market

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Mitigation - LULUCF

• BE position
• Preserve biodiversity and ecosystems
• Accounting rules
• Conservative reference level
• Symmetric interval (5)
• Of
• Maintain existing rules, with a significant
  discount factor (85)
• Outcome of accounting rules determine objectif
  (QELRO)

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Mitigation - Surplus AAU

• Context
• Surplus in economies in transition (Russia,
  Ukraine, but also new MS)
• Surplus AAU can be banked in post 2012
• 100 transfer gt ambition level would reduce by
  more than 5
• Main discussion point between EU15 and new MS
• BE position
• Reduce banking of AAU to post 2012 if possible
  (discount factor)
• Otherwise take into account when setting the
  national objectives

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Mitigation - REDD

• Context
• Emissions from deforestation in developping
  countries (DCs) 20-25 of global CO2-emissions
• Consensus about need to finance actions in DCs
• Discussion about financing mechanism (carbon
  market or not)
• BE position
• Protection of biodiversity, indigeneous peoples
• Particular attention for countries that have
  preserved their forests (Congo)
• Link with carbon market
• MT start with pilot projects
• LT decide after solid evaluation

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Finance

• Scale of needs
• World Bank (WDR 2010)
• Adaptation needs 75 G/yr (2030)
• Mitigation needs 400 G/yr (2030)
• European Commission Communication
• Needs 100 G/yr. (2020)
• Public funding 22-50 G/yr (2020)
• EU contribution 1- 3 G/yr (2020)
• Fast start 5-7 G/yr (2010-2012)
• Demands by developing countries
• Up to 1,5 of GDP (on top of ODA)
• Mainly public finance

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Finance

• EU Position
• EU will take on its fair share of financing
  actions in DC.
• scaled up over time dependent on the level of
  ambition of the Copenhagen agreement, the
  ambition of LCDS adopted by DC, and the delivery
  over time of substantial and growing emission
  reductions.
• Main principles of contribution ability to pay
  (GDP) responsibility for emissions
• primary role of private financing, but also
  public support for actions for mitigation and
  adaptation, particularly in LDC
• Fast-start financing is key

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Finance

• BE position
• Validate CEC estimations as a clear political
  signal
• Intra-EU Burden sharing only after CPH
• Additionnality with ODA
• Preferably from EU budget also for fast start
  financing

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Legal framework

• EU single legally instrument if acquis of KP is
  preserved, openness for other options
• G 77 continuation of acquis of Kyoto (objectives,
  accounting rules, compliance,), blame EU killing
  Kyoto
• US one single text, total alternative approach
  (unilateral schedules and national pledges)
• BE position
• Starting position fully fledged legally
  agreement in Copenhagen
• For industrialised countries maintain Kyoto, but
  openness for other options for DCs.
• Need to avoid to evolve towards an agreement
  based on soft law no race to the bottom

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Process

• EU position (SE EU Presidency)
• Environmental Council (21/10)
• Ecofin Council (20/10) on Finance gt no
  agreement
• EU Council 29-30/1O endorsed ENV Council position
  and some outstanding issues (Finance, surplus
  AAU)
• Extraordinaru Environment Council (23/11)
• EU Council 10-11/12 remaining crunching issues
  (fast-start)
• BE position
• Comité de Concertation Politique internationale
  Env.
• Foreign Affairs DGE preparations of Council
  meetings
• Minister Magnette Head of Delegation Copenhagen

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Continuation during BE EU Presidency 2010

• Thank you !