The global climate change caravan has arrived in Barcelona for a last round of talks before the Copenhagen summit. What's at stake for Africa?
'I hold my fingers crossed, but to be realistic I don't see major things happening in Barcelona this week,' Peter Acquah, secretary of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), told IPS from Nairobi.
AMCEN met last week in Addis Ababa for a final conclave before African negotiators meet their counterparts from the rest of the world at the 15th Conference of Parties in the Danish capital on Dec. 7-18.
The result of the talks in the Ethiopian capital was an unambiguous 'No' to the present draft for a replacement of the Kyoto Protocol by a new climate agreement in Copenhagen.
Developing nations — jointly negotiating under the umbrella of the G77 plus China — are building up the pressure on the road to Copenhagen by playing their cards close to their chest.
'Of course rapid movement becomes all of a sudden possible if the Annex I countries are willing to put some numbers on the table in Barcelona that go past the current proposed cuts in emissions,' Acquah acknowledged. 'And if they come up with a realistic figure to finance the deal.'Read more
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