Transcript Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change Bogor Presidential

Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change
Bogor Presidential Palace, Indonesia
23-25 October 2007
Chair’s summary notes
H.E. Mr. Rachmat Witoelar
State Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Indonesia
President-designate of COP 13 and CMP 3
Building blocks for a future framework (1)
General agreement that the four building blocks are at
the core of a post-2012 framework, that they need to be
built upon and expanded, and that equal weight must be
given to adaptation and mitigation and special issues
such as deforestation and forest degradation.
1. Need to be guided by a shared vision based on the
findings of the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment report
2. Continue to work within the current framework, i.e.
the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol
3. Need to give content to the principle of common but
differentiated responsibility and respective
capabilities in the design of a post-2012 framework
Building blocks for a future framework (2)
4.
Annex I Parties accept that they should continue to
take the lead
5.
Need to respect economic growth objectives, which
is best done by taking sustainable development the
central objective, making best use of co-benefits,
and managing unintended consequences of
response measures
6.
Aim at broader engagement by developing countries
through incentives and further developing the
concept of sustainable development policies and
measures
Building blocks for a future framework (3)
7. Agree to aim at completing work on a post-2012
framework by 2009
8. Assuring the continuation of CDM beyond 2012
How to deliver on the building blocks (1)
1.
Broad consensus on the need for a Bali Roadmap
towards a comprehensive multilateral framework
beyond 2012.
2.
The Convention and the Kyoto Protocol provide the
framework for the global response to climate
change. There is no need to reinvent the wheel.
3.
Need for a process under the Convention, in
addition to the Kyoto Protocol AWG, to advance
work on the building blocks.
4. Need to foresee both informal exchange of views
and formal negotiations.
How to deliver on the building blocks (2)
5.
Two tracks can be distinguished:
– AWG (Kyoto Protocol)
– New Convention process
In addition, result of other parallel processes such
as the G-8+5, MEM, etc. should be brought in.
6.
Establish a contact group in Bali and conduct
complementary consultations by the President