Copenhagen Accord and Kyoto Protocol
Copenhagen Accord, dealing with some of the climate change related issues under multilateral negotiation, was a result of discussions held by the President of Fifteenth Conference of Parties (CoP-15) with a select group of countries at Copenhagen. The Accord was not adopted but only ‘noted’ by the CoP-15. India holds the view that the Accord is a political document and not legally binding. The Accord is meant to facilitate the negotiations under the twin tracks of Adhoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWGLCA) and Adhoc Working Group on Kyoto Protocol (AWGKP). Accord would have value if the areas of convergence reflected in the Accord are used to help the Parties reach agreed outcomes in the multilateral negotiations in the two tracks.
Adoption of binding emissions reduction targets by industrialsed countries for the second commitment period under Kyoto Protocol is an essential outcome of the negotiations. Continuance of talks in the twin tracks is aimed at ensuring that these targets for Parties to Kyoto Protocol are inscribed under Kyoto Protocol while the aggregate emissions reduction target for industrialized countries and the Parties that are not Parties to Kyoto Protocol are determined through an appropriate decision of the Parties under the Bali Action Plan.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shri Jairam Ramesh in a written reply to a question by Shri Rahul Bajaj and Shri Rajkumar Dhoot in Rajya Sabha today.
Copenhagen Accord, dealing with some of the climate change related issues under multilateral negotiation, was a result of discussions held by the President of Fifteenth Conference of Parties (CoP-15) with a select group of countries at Copenhagen. The Accord was not adopted but only ‘noted’ by the CoP-15. India holds the view that the Accord is a political document and not legally binding. The Accord is meant to facilitate the negotiations under the twin tracks of Adhoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWGLCA) and Adhoc Working Group on Kyoto Protocol (AWGKP). Accord would have value if the areas of convergence reflected in the Accord are used to help the Parties reach agreed outcomes in the multilateral negotiations in the two tracks.
Adoption of binding emissions reduction targets by industrialsed countries for the second commitment period under Kyoto Protocol is an essential outcome of the negotiations. Continuance of talks in the twin tracks is aimed at ensuring that these targets for Parties to Kyoto Protocol are inscribed under Kyoto Protocol while the aggregate emissions reduction target for industrialized countries and the Parties that are not Parties to Kyoto Protocol are determined through an appropriate decision of the Parties under the Bali Action Plan.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests (independent charge) Shri Jairam Ramesh in a written reply to a question by Shri Rahul Bajaj and Shri Rajkumar Dhoot in Rajya Sabha today.
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