Transcript Negotiation Indices

Title: LDC strategy in the UNFCCC
negotiations
Author: Pa Ousman Jarju
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for sustained capacity building in support of international climate change negotiations
pour un renforcement durable des capacités en appui aux négociations internationales
sur les changements climatiques
LDCs: Group of countries which, according to the United
Nations, exhibits the lowest indicators of
socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human
Development Index ratings of all countries in the
world. The latest classification, as of 1 January 2011,
applies to 48 countries.
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The Least Developed Countries
(LDCs)
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Special circumstances under the
UNFCCC
Article 4.9 “The Parties shall take full account of the specific
needs and special situations of the least developed countries in
their actions with regard to funding and transfer of technology.”
(United Nations, 1992)
LDCs special circumstances have been explicitly
recognized in UNFCCC which requires Parties to
take full account of the specific needs and special
situations of the LDCs in their actions with regard
to funding and transfer of technology.
Constraints
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LDCs face unique challenges in negotiating, planning and
implementing climate change decisions due to :
• Human, institutional, financial and technical resource
constraints.
• Under representation in the negotiations
• Most LDC negotiators’ portfolios at the national level cover
not only climate change issues, but also other environmental
issues. They are also often required or expected to follow
other Conventions or Multilateral Environmental
Agreements (MEAs).
Key challenges
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1. Effective participation of LDC negotiators in the process
2. Better coordination within the group
3. Better understanding by the group members of the topics
especially the new issues
4. Timely provision of submissions and proposals as a group
5. Discussion of views/positions as individual countries and
harmonizing them towards joint positions in accordance with the
overall progress of the negotiation
6. Having an appropriately report and feed back mechanism at
country level
7. Inadequate capacity to follow-up issue for implementation at the
country level
MESSAGES
SUPPORT
The LDCs at the
UNFCCC
TOOLS
CHAIR
TRAINING
Coordinators
Core group
advisers
COMMUNI
CATION
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Strategic planning within the LDC group:
-from reactive participation to more proactive participation
-from following the process to driving the process
–Efforts to mobilize partners to support LDCs within
the UNFCCC negotiations (under the framework
agreement to support the LDC chair)
– Personal legal and technical advice to the chair
–Advice on strategic planning and coordination
between groups (e.g.- advice for better coordination
between LDC and Africa and SIDS groups)
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Support
The ‘friends of the chair’
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The thematic coordinators
A core team
Advisers
Members of the LDCs Support Unit of the
UNFCCC secretariat
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The supporting team
• Update of the key messages of LDCs
– Position on the two tracks of the BAP
– KP (Article 3.9 provisions), .
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Focusing on key messages
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LDCs are strongly against any replacement of neither the Kyoto Protocol nor its merger with any new Agreement
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Reduction of GHG emissions by at least 45% below 1990 levels by 2020 and at least 95% below 1990 levels by
2050 in order to ensure GHG and aerosol concentration below 350 ppm CO2 equivalent and temperature rise below
1.50C
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• AWGLCA
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Shared Vision
Adaptation
Mitigation
Finance
Technology Transfer and capacity Building
• LDCs paper series to be regularly published
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Focusing on key messages cont.
Developing supporting tools
– UNFCCC decisions and documents to support LDCs negotiators (first
version)
o Key UNFCCC decision related to LDCs
o Key documents of the UNFCCC process
– The SBI conclusions related to LDCs ( in preparation)
• Language
– Proposed program to support non English speaking African negotiators
– Paper series in French and English
– Translations in workshops
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• Booklets/ Synthesis documents to support the LDC group
• Capacity building workshops
– Current ECBI workshop for west and central Francophone
African countries
– Upcoming workshop for Anglophone African LDCs and
Asian LDCs
• Individual capacity building through bursaries (subject
specialists)
• ‘Friends of the chair’ meeting in Panama
• Pre COP meeting in Durban
• Long term courses: oriented with in-depth content at
preparatory session
• Proposed legal residencies
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Providing trainings
• Plans for better connection with media
• Appointing a spokesperson for the LDC group
• Improving communication within the group
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Improving communications
LDC expectations for Durban
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• Decision for the implementation of the Cancun Adaptation Framework
– Adaptation Committee to be operationalized
– A process to enable LDCs formulate and implement NAPs and
guidelines and modalities for LDCs and other developing countries
• Commitment for a legally binding agreement under the LCA ( all the Bali
Action Plan building blocks)
• Commitment for the replenishment of the LDCF to enable the full
implementation of NAPAs
• Strong political commitment for a second commitment period of the Kyoto
Protocol
• Advanced steps for operationalization of the Standing Committee
• Advanced documents from the Transitional Committee (TC) for the
operationalization of the GCF