UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw 2013

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UN Climate Conference 2013
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Opening of the climate conference on November 11, 2013Template: Infobox / maintenance / picture

place Warsaw , PolandPolandPoland 
date 11-23 December 2013
Attendees Members of the UNFCCC
Website Profile on unfccc.int
Main entrance to COP 19 at Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw

The 2013 United Nations Climate Change Conference ( English United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 19th Conference of the Parties , shortly COP 19 ) took place in 19th UN Climate Change Conference of 11 held to 23 November, 2013. She was also the ninth meeting under the Kyoto Protocol ( English 9th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol , in short CMP 9) According to the UN climate conference in Poznan, Poland in 2008 and the COP 15 In 2009 in Copenhagen the World Climate Conference took place again in the EU : in Warsaw , the capital of the Republic of Poland . It should serve to continue negotiations on a world climate treaty.

The Presidium was made up of UNFCCC Secretary General Christiana Figueres and the Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec , who assumed the presidency for one year from the first day of the conference.

Events and positions leading up to COP-19

Numerous preparatory meetings took place over the course of 2013, including in Bonn at the headquarters of the UNFCCC Secretariat .

Petersberg Climate Dialogue

The so-called Petersberg Climate Dialogue IV ( Petersberg Climate Dialogue ) from May 6th to 7th 2013 in the Axica Congress Center Berlin brought together environment ministers from all regions of the world as an informal conference outside of the official UNFCCC meetings. (Under the slogan "Shaping the future" shape the future ) opened Chancellor Merkel the conference together with Peter Altmaier and the Polish Environment Minister Korolec . According to the German Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), the focus of the conference was on the path to an ambitious, effective and fair climate protection agreement with the active participation of all states.

In her keynote address, Merkel emphasized the need for the development of the Green Climate Fund ( capacity building for renewable energies and adaptation measures to climate change), Germany's contribution already made, and the pioneering role of the EU in the reduction targets for greenhouse gases. On climate justice , Merkel said: “We know it's about the two-degree target . At some point we will also know how many CO 2 emissions this means in relation to a specific year. We basically know that in the long term, if we look at the world's population, every inhabitant of the world is likely to emit around two tons of CO 2. ” India is an allied nation and has accepted this as a fair approach. But one has to be honest, neither the Europeans nor the Americans nor China are very enthusiastic about it. Because they all have more than two tons of carbon dioxide emissions per capita . “And that basically means you have to start reducing now. We industrialized countries accept that. But a country like the People's Republic of China says: just look at how many decades you have increased your CO 2 emissions; we can't start reducing now at our economic level. - So you see what a great task we are facing. "

In front of delegates from states that are collectively responsible for 80 percent of greenhouse gases, she continued to demand a transfer to those countries that were not already able to participate in the advantages of industrialization. “So we have to develop technology so that for these countries the increase in prosperity, the fight against climate change and social concerns are not contradictory.” In the discussion, questions were asked about the reduction of global subsidies for fossil fuels . The results of the dialogue are to be incorporated directly into the UN negotiations. An early discussion deepens the understanding of the various options for an international climate agreement and makes it easier to find a consensus . Strategies for involving the general public (see clearing house mechanism ) are to be used to find ways of giving all stakeholders from the private sector and civil society incentives to contribute to political decisions for more climate protection and to contribute more to climate protection themselves. The public part of the climate dialogue could be followed directly with a live stream. The first meeting of the Climate Dialogue in 2010 was originally held on the Petersberg near Bonn. On the initiative of Angela Merkel, the high-density UNFCC world climate conferences were to be supplemented in order to achieve a more continuous negotiation process after the expectations that were not met at the Copenhagen summit in 2009 .

More statements

“We need to be prepared for nine billion people on this planet, as we all deserve a decent and secure life. By being creative, the world can reduce greenhouse gas emissions while creating jobs, promoting economic growth and ensuring better living standards. Where there is a will, there is a way! "

“We need to prepare for nine billion people on this planet because we all deserve decent and safe living conditions. If we are creative, the world can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, drive economic growth and ensure better living conditions at the same time . Where there is a will, there is also a way! "

- Marcin Korolec

On October 16, 2013, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament submitted a motion to parliament on the UN climate conference and climate policy . This contains 20 detailed background information on COP 19; 27 lines of argumentation for the justification of the proposed 68 individual requirements and stipulations can be found in the linked application text in German. The text is particularly suitable for in-depth knowledge of the content because it has also been translated into all official EU languages. The motion for a resolution was adopted in the EU Parliament on October 23rd.

Renovation of the Narodowy Stadium

Before the start of the conference, the playing area of the Narodowy Stadium was converted into a conference center.

  • Narodowy Stadium for COP19

  • UNFCCC-COP19 / CMP9-Transparent

  • Connecting corridor in the 2013 Narodowy Stadium

  • The interior of the COP-19 conference center

Conference progress

border controls

Due to the UN climate conference, Poland will temporarily reintroduce border controls from November 8th to 23rd, 2013. Crossing the border at the German-Polish border is then only possible at certain crossing points. According to earlier Polish information, 43 border crossings to and from Germany are affected.

Opening of the world climate conference

Opening on November 11th
Listeners during the opening on November 11th

The catastrophic typhoon in the Philippines was also addressed in the opening speeches on November 11 , including UNFCCC Secretary General Christiana Figueres. Marcin Korolec spoke of a wake-up call, as this was further confirmation that "we [could] lose in the unequal struggle between man and nature". Climate as a common topic, as a global problem, is of course also an opportunity if we demonstrate the ability to act together (“to act together”).

Christiana Figueres warned the delegates to be goal-oriented and maximally committed over the entire distance of the next few days to achieve a positive result because what was happening in this stadium was not a game. The stadium conference venue is the right place for the Olympic motto Citius, altius, fortius , in order to achieve a socially balanced and economically sustainable future that we want and need with the conference faster, higher and stronger.

First week

On Friday of the first week of the conference, Japan overturned its previous climate targets: The previous government's 2009 target of reducing CO 2 emissions by 25 percent below 1990 levels ( base year ) was set by the head of the Japanese delegation, Hiroshi Minami ( 南 博 ) Declared obsolete because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster . According to the energy planning of the new government , 3.8% less CO 2 is to be emitted by 2020 than in 2005, which would mean an increase of 3% compared to 1990. However, the Prime Minister continues to face the challenges posed by climate change. The goal of reducing 80 percent of greenhouse gases by 2050 remains. Inga Römer, BUND's climate expert , called the Japanese announcement a slap in the face of the climate victims. With regard to the assessment base, Brazil and China (two BASIC countries ) have submitted an application to include historical greenhouse gas quantities as responsibility of the industrialized countries in national reduction targets, which the European delegation saw as an additional difficulty in reaching an agreement. For climate finance , on the other hand, a partial resolution on loss and damage is expected in negotiating circles, and compensation payments for losses and the consequences of climate change , especially for the Small Island Developing States . Halfway through the summit, however, many observers had to fight against resignation; President Korolec called a “stocktaking plenary” late in the evening, a round in which the negotiators of the individual working groups had to explain why the negotiations had stalled. If necessary, negotiations should continue until Sunday, as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the responsible ministers of the 194 participating states were expected on Monday, the second week of negotiations .

Second week

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The Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dismissed his environment minister on Wednesday, but Marcin Korolec remained president of the climate summit. During the extensive cabinet reshuffle, he replaced the economist Maciej Grabowski , who had only just campaigned for shale gas extraction. In a speech on Wednesday, the German Federal Environment Minister Peter Altmaier also called on the developing countries to do more themselves; at the same time he pledged an additional 30 million euros in aid for the Adaptation Fund , the UN adjustment fund . He also reaffirmed the German climate protection goals: 40 percent less greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, 55% by 2030 and 80 to 95% by 2050. [Base year 1990]

The major environmental and development organizations, including Greenpeace and the WWF, prematurely moved out of the conference building of COP19 on Thursday for the first time in the history of the world climate summit. They also wanted to demonstrate solidarity with the victims of climate change. Kumi Naidoo announced that, together with civil society, until the follow-up conference in Lima in 2014, “[to] put pressure on our governments so that we can finally get good results next year.” The negotiator of the German delegation, State Secretary Ursula Heinen-Esser , admitted at this point in time that there is no point without controversial issues.

On Friday evening - the official end of the conference - the negotiations were extended, even the timetable for the climate summit in Paris in 2015 was missing. At least the summit president Korolec was able to announce the rescue of the Adaptation Fund by the Europeans, because in addition to Germany, Belgium, France, Finland, Norway, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland have pledged funds totaling 100 million US dollars .

Criticism and discourse on COP 19

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The selection of the conference country had already been criticized at the last climate summit in Qatar. Environmental groups saw Poland's carbon-friendly policy as very problematic last year, including the position regarding environmental damage from fracking . In addition, the EU's environmental and climate targets were blocked by Poland in the run-up to the summit.

The Delegate of the Philippines "Yeb" Saño on November 11, 2013

The smaller states particularly affected by climate change, global weirding and the acidification of the oceans by CO 2 , warned that the largest greenhouse gas producers had previously completely inadequate or even absent specific reduction commitments. The representatives of the Philippines , in particular , expressed their concern at the damage in their home country from the devastating cyclone Yolanda . The Philippine delegate Naderev M. Saño announced a hunger strike in an emotional speech on the first day of the conference . He said he would fast until a meaningful agreement was reached. As a result, other participants in the climate conference joined the hunger strike, including the American delegate Collin Reese and 60 members of the Climate Action Network .

On November 18 and 19, parallel to the climate conference, a coal summit of the “ World Coal Association ” took place in Warsaw , which is why the conference was also briefly referred to by critics as “Coal-COP”. In addition to the Polish Minister for Economic Affairs Janusz Piechociński , the UNFCCC Secretary General was also scheduled to speak, which was disapproved in conference circles and in the media. However, Chief Executive Milton Catelin of the World Coal Association supported the conclusion of a UNFCCC agreement: WCA recognized the global challenge posed by climate change and the international consensus on the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Several individual decisions by the signatory states were also viewed negatively in connection with the climate summit, including China's announcement that it would build nine large coal-fired plants for synthetic natural gas in northwest China and Mongolia so that the polluted mega-cities on the east coast of China would become cleaner. With the previous planning, coal would be transported by rail to the SNG plants and synthesis gas back, whereby the burden on the climate would be seven times higher than with conventional gas-fired power plants, which is viewed in the Thai press as counterproductive for the climate negotiations.

Even before the climate conference, Greenpeace environmentalists demonstrated in front of six Polish coal-fired power plants. “Climate change starts here,” they warned. The Polish hosts get 90 percent of their electricity from coal-fired power plants, but 70 percent of Poles would prefer renewable energies, according to a poll mentioned in Greenpeace magazine on Tuesday . At the beginning of the conference, the strategy director of voiced Union of Concerned Scientists ( Union of Concerned Scientists ) Alden Meyer very skeptical, since never been so much at stake, while the expectations were so low. Christoph Bals from the environmental organization Germanwatch presented the global "Climate Risk Index" on Tuesday, the second day of the conference. The head of international climate policy at Greenpeace, Martin Kaiser, described the German Chancellor's lack of participation as a problem for progress at the climate conference, as she was currently engaged in coalition negotiations, but was of great importance because of her pioneering position within European climate protection policy. "It would also be helpful if Merkel were to support a national climate protection law ," said Hubert Weiger from BUND . An expert from WWF said those responsible for global warming should take a leadership role and not pretend "we still have decades".

Green politicians, environmental protection and development organizations criticized that the conference did not provide any impetus for climate protection. In the first week of the UN World Climate Conference, numerous smaller conferences or information events were held by environmental organizations and scientists.

Web links

Commons : UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw 2013  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ City of Warszawa, COP 19, Venues (English)
  2. ↑ Marcin Korolec, Environment Minister of the Republic of Poland, on COP 19 (English)
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  4. ↑ a b Opening speech by the Polish Environment Minister Marcin Korolec , cop19.gov.pl (English / Polish). Quote: Translation Wikipedia. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  5. ↑ UNFCCC Calendar 2013 (in English). Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ UNEP calendar 2013: COP 19 and CMP 9 .
  7. ↑ Speech by Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel on the occasion of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue IV "Shaping the Future" ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 6, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bundesregierung.de
  8. ^ Petersberger Klimadialog IV, Shaping the future , May 6, 2013, with background material on the previous three climate dialogues on the BMU website. Retrieved May 6, 2013
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