UN Climate Change Conference in New Delhi 2002

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UN Climate Conference 2002
place New Delhi , IndiaIndiaIndia 
date October 23 - November 1, 2002
Attendees Members of the UNFCCC
Website unfccc.int/cop8

The UN Climate Change Conference in New Delhi took place from October 23 to November 1, 2002 in New Delhi . It was the eighth world climate conference. The conference was chaired by the Indian Environment Minister Thalikottai Rajuthevar Baalu.

Results

4,500 delegates from 185 countries took part in the conference with the focus on "Sustainable Development and Climate Protection ". Negotiations went very slowly. It was the United States , the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, that delayed the progress of the negotiations. Discussions about more far-reaching measures, however, were also slowed down by the "G77" states , an interest group of developing countries . India, as one of the leading countries in this group, insisted that the world could not ask the poorest to raise money for climate protection and thereby hinder their economic development.

However, important results were achieved during the conference. This included a specification of the climate protection fund in order to support poor countries financially in protecting against the consequences of climate change. In addition, Canada agreed at the meeting to ratify the Kyoto Protocol . At the conference, Russia announced that it would ratify the resolutions in early 2003. The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol was tied to the requirement that the industrialized countries involved represented at least 55 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. With Canada's commitment, the United Nations came closer to its goal of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol.

The environmental protection organization Greenpeace criticized the results of the conference as "soft as a nappy and without visions". The EU had "bitten on granite" particularly with regard to possible future regulations for the further reduction of emissions . The final declaration, known as the "Delhi Declaration", called on all countries to ratify the Kyoto Protocol as soon as possible.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties. unfccc.int, October 23, 2002, accessed November 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ Conference of the Parties. (PDF) Eigth Session. unfccc.int, November 1, 2002, accessed November 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Eighth UN Kimakonferenz in New Delhi. uba.de, October 23, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  4. ^ UN climate conference in New Delhi. deutschlandfunk.de, November 1, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  5. ↑ UN climate conference ends with compromise. The UN climate protection conference came to an end with a "Delhi Declaration". "Soft as a nappy and without visions," criticized Greenpeace. faz.net, November 1, 2002, accessed March 21, 2018 .
  6. ^ Climate conference in New Delhi. It's about nothing less than the global climate. greenpeace.de, December 12, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  7. ↑ The poor demand the right to pollution. Climate conference in Delhi: India wants economic growth instead of climate protection. taz.de, November 11, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Declaration of the climate conference disappoints the EU. Trittin nevertheless hopes for more cooperation with poor countries. tagesspiegel.de, November 2, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Conclusion of the UN summit in New Delhi: Climate protection remains complicated. Shortly after the "Delhi Declaration" was adopted at the UN climate protection conference in early November, the first criticism followed. Umweltdialog.de, December 17, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  10. ↑ What about climate protection? Kyoto follow-up conference in New Delhi. taz.de, October 23, 2002, accessed on March 21, 2018 .
  11. ↑ UN climate conference ends with compromise. faz.net, November 1, 2002, accessed November 16, 2015 .
  12. ^ Disappointment after the UN climate conference. orf.at, January 1, 2010, accessed on March 21, 2018 .

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