I offer you here two things:
1)
UNFCCC executive secretary’s summary of week 1
(Very short statement) http://unfccc4.meta-fusion.com/kongresse/cop17/templ/play.php?id_kongresssession=4347&theme=unfccc
2)
What success may mean for Durban http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/11/30/durban-where-success-will-mean-the-avoidance-of-failure/
Christina Figueres’s provided a very quick summary of the
main issues that were discussed in the first week of COP17, and what is
expected for next week.
The EU has highlighted that a 2nd commitment
period is an option with some adjustments. Adaptation is also likely to have a
significant role in the next text. The green climate fund has been a main issue
of discussion, and there is a strong possibility that the world will see the
beginning of adaptation fund being initiated after Durban.
Along with this, the draft Durban text will circulate
amongst Parties throughout the weekend to be analysed and communicated to
ministers. This text is to be debated next week and presented to the world at
the end of the conference.
The second article states that we should see Durban as an
opportunity to build and expand from the legally binding documents we already
have. Annual climate meetings are about re-enforcing the commitments we have
already made (in the KP) and building trust between parties. The authors note
that the 2nd commitment period of the KP is as pressing issue, and
that due to the current political and economic climate it may be difficult for
the world to see any solid developments.
COP17, however, should not be judge against creating a new
document. Rather, maintaining climate change as an imperative agenda for the
future rather than creating enemies over a 2nd commitment period
would mean success. Ensuring that bottom up, country specific climate change
mitigation actions are still being considered and pushed by parties will mean
that climate change is still being addressed, but from a bilateral and regional
level rather than internationally.
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