At a specially convened press conference held during the 11th Special session of the governing council/ global ministerial environment forum Bali, Indonesia, Yvo de Boer the Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, spoke on a positive note with reference to Mexico where the next COP16 is scheduled to be held from 29 November - 10 December.
He said, “ the Copenhagen Accord is an important tool to invigorate the negotiations ahead. We need to move forward from here and spend 2010 implementing the architecture for Cancun, Mexico. In the Copenhagen Accord, foundations for a new architecture was laid, with arrangements for 30 billion $ short-term funding, for sustainable forest management till 2012. Many smaller island countries face the impacts of Climate Change and so a review will be taken in 2015 as to whether the goal of 2 degree Celsius is realistic. Infact a lot had happened in Copenhagen but there was insufficient time for countries to move forward on decisions in the end.”
De Boer in reply to a western nation journalist’s question, was emphatic when he said, “ India and China have clearly indicated that they support the Accord and have also revealed the targets that they will implement in their respective countries. In fact China is not waiting for funding but going ahead setting its own targets and supporting itself on its national mitigation goals. India too has voluntarily announced its own country targets.
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