the provision of new and additional resources, Parties proposed: New (EC and its member states, MISC 2) and additional, that is, over and above the target of 0.7 GNP for Official Development Assistance (ODA) (Colombia, MISC 1; Singapore, MISC 2; AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), G77 and China, African Group, MISC 2/Add 1; Argentina, Brazil, China, MISC 5; LDCs, finance

Sectors mentioned by parties include: Energy or power generation (Bangladesh, MISC 1; Korea, sectoral approaches workshop); coal-fired power generation (Japan, MISC.4 and MISC 5; Alliance of Small Island States, called AOSIS (sectoral approaches workshop); energy efficiency (India, sectoral approaches workshop); Iron and steel (Japan, MISC 4 and MISC 5; Republic of Korea, sectoral

SHARED VISION   Bali Action Plan 1a

The Clean Development Mechanism must be amended. What shape should it take? The Clean Development Mechanism (cdm) is up for review and there are several proposals to reform the process. The mechanism has always been under severe criticism, since its inception, on various accounts, ranging from its philosophical principles to its administration. The mechanism was created to help

  View image Climate change is linked to emissions, in turn to economic growth. Limiting emissions is then about limiting growth. Thus, sharing growth between nations has been the main bugbear. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change expressed the principle of equity by enjoining countries to take action based on common

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