WE ARE NO DEBTORS! WE ARE CREDITORS OF A HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL DEBT!
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Friday, 01 January 2010 |
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Canada: We Accept Concept of Climate Debt
Canada gives details of new "Climate Debt Mechanism," announces details
of pilot program in Africa. Ugandan delegation lauds proposal.
Peter Jensen 14/12/2009 13:20
The Ugandan delegation to the COP-15 climate talks has been the first to
react to Canada's announcement of ambitious new emissions-reduction
targets and vigorous climate-debt reparations to African nations.
The Ugandan delegation convened a press event shortly after the surprise
Canadian announcement, in a breakthrough moment for a summit marked
until now largely by gridlock. Delegates, NGO representatives and
members of the press crowded the room to listen to the impromptu
address, although delegates from the United States, the UK and China
were largely absent.
"This is the day that will define our century," said Margaret Matembe,
MP and member of the Climate Committee of Uganda. "Today, we no longer
have to wait for a COP20 or COP100 before the voices of our children are
heard."
In a press release distributed this afternoon, Canadian environment
minister Jim Prentice repeated calls to other developed nations to
follow Canada’s lead. "The threat to world stability from climate change
is too important for short-sighted negotiating postures," said Prentice.
The key question as negotiations enter their final week in Copenhagen is
to what extent other countries of the developing world will take
Canada’s lead. The outcome and efficacy of any final agreement largely
depends on the answer to this question.
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