A week of negotiations at COP24
The Renewable Energy Development Center took part in the COP24 Climate Change Conference organized in Katowice, Poland from December 2 to 14, 2018, representing the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the Algerian delegation.
At the start of COP24, each group of countries proposed supplements to the agenda. A proposal for the African continent has emphasized the need to take into account the special needs and circumstances of Africa under the Paris Agreement.
During the first week of COP24, several negotiation meetings are organized concerning:
SBI: Subsidary Body Implementation (Subsidiary Organizing Body),
SBSTA: Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice,
APA: Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement.
These three groups dealt with different themes ranging from mitigation, to adaptation, transparency, loss and damage, technology transfer while emphasizing financing in the context of the implementation of the agreement of Paris which has been ratified by 184 countries until December 1, 2018.
These informal negotiations made it possible to negotiate drafts on the aforementioned themes to reach conclusions and decisions which will be further negotiated the second week by the negotiators as well as the high-level segment.
Mitigation: Pressure is being applied by developed countries to try to find an agreement on how to apply the guidance on the required information to facilitate clarity, transparency and understanding of the CDN.
Adaptation: Developing countries insist that there is fair treatment between issues related to adaptation to the effects of climate change alongside mitigation. Arab countries demand that there be benefits for adaptation as they are vulnerable to the irreversible effects of climate change.
CDN (Determined National Contributions): The co-chair of IPCC Working Group III (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reported that the current CDN are insufficient to limit global warming to 2 ° C. Several parties asked not to go into details of the content and scope of CDN. Developing countries insist on capacity building for the implementation of their CDN. Divergences are recorded on the schedules of upward revisions of the commitments in the CDN every 5 years or every 10 years.
The ambition: After the IPCC report of 1.5 ° C, the developed countries exert pressure on the developing countries to increase the ambition of mitigation through their CDN, while the developing countries demand that the CDN is not limited to mitigation to also include adaptation and financial and technical support. Developing countries also insist on supporting all actions in favor of the climate, mitigation and adaptation.
Transparency: Transparency is found in several points in the Paris agreement; financing, implementation CDN, national communication, biennial greenhouse gas reports, etc., without affecting the sovereignty of the parties.
Loss and damage: This point is very much defended by developing countries vulnerable to the harmful effects of climate change, in particular island countries and small islands (OASIS countries) and is often used to recall the historic responsibility of developed countries in the global warming (differentiation) and request compensation for the damage caused by climate change.
Technology and knowledge transfer: The issues directly related to technology, scientific research and technology transfer are:
Scope and modalities of the periodic evaluation of the technological mechanism in order to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement: Where, emphasis is placed on the role of the technological mechanism for the implementation of the Paris Agreement, the strengthening of climate technologies and the acceleration of their role in mitigation and adaptation,…
Technological framework within the meaning of Article 10, paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement: In this thematic area, tough negotiations were noted concerning the relationship between the Executive Technology Committee and the Climate Technology Center and Network, technological support, technology transfer, work related to research, development and demonstration of innovations, south-south cooperation, funding (who is funding and who will benefit)
Joint annual report of the Technology Executive Committee and the Climate Technology Centre and Network: The quality of this joint annual report of the TEC and CTCN has been fiercely negotiated, especially by developing countries which expect to strengthen capacity in mitigation and adaptation and technology transfer.
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