At Durban Climate Conference, the world has agreed to urgent action, but now it is critical that this action to reduce emissions must be based on equity says Centre for Science and Environment.
The Durban Conference is a turning point in the climate change negotiations as even though developing countries have won victories, these have come after much acrimony and fight. At Durban the world has agreed to urgent action, but now it is critical that this action to reduce emissions must be based on equity. India's proposal on equity has been included in the work plan for the next conference. It is clear from this conference that the fight to reduce emissions effectively in an unequal world will be even more difficult in the years to come. But it is a conference, which has put the issue of equity back into the negotiations. It is for this reason an important move ahead.
See Also
Document: The Durban Platform for Enhanced Action [2]
Document: AWG-LCA amalgamated text [3]
Opinion: The EU's climate evangelism has got us nowhere . [4]
Video: Public address by Jayanti Natarajan in Durban. [5]
Opinion: Durban draws to a close. [6]
Report: A future for international climate politics. [7]
Document: Proposals by India ... [8]
Report: The road to Durban: hopes and challenges. [9]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/final-outcome-durban-conference-climate-change
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../reports-documents/establishment-ad-hoc-working-group-durban-platform-enhanced-action
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../reports-documents/latest-awg-lca-amalgamated-text-be-presented-conference-parties-adoption-its
[4] http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/09/eu-climate-evangelism-durban
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../reports-documents/jayanthi-natarajan-cse-side-event-cop17
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../blogs/durban-draws-close
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../reports-documents/future-international-climate-politics-durban-and-beyond
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../reports-documents/proposals-india-inclusion-additional-agenda-items-provisional-agenda-seventeenth
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/../../reports-documents/road-durban-hopes-and-challenges
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/centre-science-and-environment
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/cop-17
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-agreements
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-equity
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kyoto-protocol
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
