Russia said it won’t join the second commitment to extend the Kyoto
Protocol. The Russian vice Prime Minister confirmed that his country
will not sign on to the Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol.
He told that Russia will announce its emissions reduction targets next
week but they will not be attributed to the Second Commitment Period
which Russia strongly opposes. It implies that Russia will lose the
chance to take part in Joint Implementation projects on Climate Change
in the future.
The move will have a negative effect on both the economy and
low-carbon development in Russia. At the UN Climate change Conference in
Durban two years ago, a group of 40 odd rich nations had agreed to cut
by 5.2 percent their emissions below 1990 levels by the end of 2012 and
to set up a $100 billion Green climate Fund to help the developing
nations in climate change issues.
Neither of the two have fructified yet.
Japan has already stated
that it won’t join the Second commitment and wants a fair, effective and
transparent deal in which the emerging economies should also share the
emission reduction cuts.
US has said that it won’t increase earlier commitments to cut
emissions by 17 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. New Zealand has also
said that it won’t be a party to second commitment but would like to be
involved in climate change talks.
It leaves only European Union, Australia and several smaller
countries which account for less than 15 per cent of global emissions as
the only parties ready for second commitment.
The BASIC countries led by Brazil, South Africa, India and China have
said that the responsibility for the outcome of Climate Change talks
depends on developed nations.
Day four at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Doha was
dedicated to the role of youth in the issues related to climate change.
Experts and delegates from participating nations underlined the
importance of involving and motivating them to prepare the world for a
safe and secure environment.
The President of the Conference of Parties, COP-18, Qatar’s former
energy minister Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah appreciated the
contribution of the youth towards making world a cleaner and greener
place to live in and said if UN doesn’t support them, whom will they
support.
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