Transcript Indicative Workplan of the French Presidency

EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO
KNOW ABOUT THE COP21 BUT WERE
AFRAID TO ASK…
I. International climate negotiations : previous steps
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• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is set up (First Assessment Report in 1990)
1992
• Earth Summit in Rio; the UNFCC is opened for signature (comes into force in 1994)
1995
• First COP (Berlin)
1997
• Adoption of the Kyoto Protocol (COP3 – comes into force in 2005)
2007
• IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report
2009
• COP15, Copenhague - fail into obtaining a binding agreement to replace the Kyoto protocol
2010
• COP16, Cancun - voluntary objectives and acceptance of the necessity of having verifiable commitments
2011
• COP17, Durban - mandate to adopt in 2015 an universally applicable agreement for 2020 onwards
2012
• COP18, Doha - a minima extension of the Kyoto protocol until 2020
2013
• COP19, Warsaw - national determined contributions published by each country before the COP21
2014
• IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report
2014
• COP20, Lima – drawing up of the first elements of the Paris agreement
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I. International climate negotiations : regional groups
European
Union
G77+China
133 countries
South Africa
28 Member states
Luxembourg
Cartagena Dialogue
42 countries
BASIC
4
countries
ARAB
21
countries
ALBA
11
countries
AFRICA
LDC
AOSIS
AILAC
39
53
48
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countries countries countries countries
Maldives Tanzania Angola Guatemala
Rainforest countries Coalition
40 countries
Panama
LMDC
23 countries
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Non-coalition countries:
Belarus, Turkey, Israel
Environmental
Integrity Group
5 countries
Switzerland
Umbrella
group
10 countries
II. Preparation of Paris 2015
What will be our role as host country?
• Host country of the Conference, France will be in charge of its organisation and
proper functioning, under the auspices of the United Nations,
• Presidency of the Conference, France’s role will be to:
o facilitate the debates
o ensure a transparent and inclusive functioning of the negotiation process
o be attentive to countries’ concerns, national situation and needs, while
remaining impartial
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III. The Paris Climate Alliance : Which objectives?
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Define an action plan and a legal framework ensuring that the temperature rise is to
be limited to 2°C, enabling societies to adapt to climate change and promoting lowcarbon development pathways.
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Seal a “Paris Climate Alliance” that addresses these issues and includes:
a legally
binding
agreement
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the national
contributions
the financial
chapter
the Lima Paris
action agenda
IV. National contributions
…
(Intended National Determined Contributions – INDC)
More than
56 153
contributions
contributions
have
been
ont
déjà
été
published…
publiées…
… couvrant
… covering
60,3%
des
more than
émissions
87%
of global
globales
de
greenhouse
GES.
gas emissions.
Source: World Ressource Institute
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IV. National contributions
…
Countries
INDCs
China
22,3%
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
United States
13,4%
-26/28% in 2025 from the 2005 level
European Union
9,3%
-40% in 2030 and -80%/95% in 2050 from
the 1990 level
5%
-33 to 35% of reduction intensity in 2030
from the 2005 level
India
Canada
7
% of worldwide
GHG emissions
1,8%
Peak of CO2 emission by 2030
-60/65% in 2030 from 2005 level
20% non-fossil energy in 2030
Carbon market in 2017
Alliance of Peaking Pioneer Cities (11
cities and provinces)
-30% in 2030 from the 2005 level
IV. The case of France
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Energy transition bill (promulgated on August 18, 2015)
Main objectives :
 -40% greenhouse gas emission in 2030 compared to 1990
 -30% of fossil energy consumption
 32% of renewable energy (from 14%)
 part of the nuclear energy : from 80% to 50%
 100,000 more jobs
Few examples:
 tax refund of 30% of the cost of renovation (up to 16,000 € for a couple)
 0% interest loan up to 30,000 €
 Half of the government’s car pool will be electrical
 Employers will have to subsidized bicycles for their employees.
 Highways' fees reduced for electrical cars
 10,000 € incentive for purchasing an electrical car
 From January 1st, 2016 : no more plastic bags in the stores
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V. The financial chapter
“The cost of inaction is greater that the cost of action”
Mobilisation by
developed
countries of $100
billion annually,
from public and
private sources, by
2020
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work on
accountancy
methods for a better
estimation of climate
finance flows
strengthening the
momentum of
financial transition
towards a lowcarbon economy
VI. The Lima Paris action agenda
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Energy efficiency
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Renewable energies
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Resilience and adaptation
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Forests
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Cities and subnational entities
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Industry
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Agriculture
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Transport
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Technology
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Financing
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Resilient cities
acceleration
initiative
the RE100
program
launched by
IKEA
International
Association of
Public Transport
Initiative
International
Cement
Sustainability
Initiative
African alliance
for climate smart
agriculture
Carbon Pricing
Initiative
VII. Pace of the negotiations
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The Durban Platform working group brought together the 196 delegations under the
leadership of its two co-chairs, Ahmed Djoghlaf and Dan Reifsnyder and is
responsible for producing the agreement.
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The Bonn session has produced a new draft text:
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The agreement itself (31 pages) : common but differentiated responsibilities, “no
back-sliding”, national circumstances (vs. respective capacities), adaptation, loss and
damages, technology transfer, capacity building…
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Decisions (20 pages), incl. INDCs
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