UN Climate Change Conference in The Hague 2000

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UN Climate Change Conference 2000
place The Hague , NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands 
date 13.-24. November 2000
Attendees Members of the UNFCCC
Website unfccc.int/cop6

The UN climate change conference in The Hague took place from November 13th to 24th, 2000 in The Hague . It was the sixth world climate conference. More than a hundred environment ministers were present. The conference was chaired by the Dutch Environment Minister Jan Pronk .

Results

The aim of the conference was to finally bring the negotiations for the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol to a conclusion after three years.

The biggest point of contention during the conference was greenhouse gas emissions. However, an understanding between the European Union and the United States , Canada , Japan and Australia was not achieved. For example, the EU rejected the US initiative to include forest and agriculture as reducing factors in the emissions balance of the respective nations. The proposal would have enabled the US to emit even more harmful greenhouse gases instead of reducing emissions. The French President Jacques Chirac said in this context: "Every American citizen produces an average of three times as much carbon dioxide as a Frenchman. (...) That is why we mainly rely on the Americans when it comes to effectively limiting pollutant emissions. "

On the penultimate day of the conference, Jan Pronk presented a compromise paper which, through far-reaching concessions, should make the conference a success. Pronk had previously announced: “It will hurt. But all parties can share the pain. ”His proposal met the United States on the issue of accounting for forest resources in the emissions balance. But not only environmental groups reacted to reject the Pronk paper. The EU also spoke out against the proposal. "We are ready to conclude an agreement here," declared Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin , "but the standard must remain the integrity of the Kyoto Protocol."

The conference, which had the motto “work it out”, ended without any notable results and had to be continued in Bonn as COP 6-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b COP6 — The Hague Climate Conference. globalissues.org, September 4, 2000, accessed December 10, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Tactics determine the climate in The Hague. faz.net, November 24, 2000, accessed December 10, 2015 .
  3. ↑ No movement in The Hague. faz.net, November 23, 2000, accessed December 10, 2015 .
  4. ↑ The compromise is a slap in the face. faz.net, November 24, 2000, accessed December 10, 2015 .
  5. ^ Sixth Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties, COP 6. unfccc.int, accessed on December 10, 2015 (English).

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