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France underlines its view for Rio+20
Common Position of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the
Government of the French Republic on Climate Change was released from the Elysee
Palace – Saturday, November 14th 2009.
In a far reaching statement - Brazil and France concur in the need for the
establishment of an international organization devoted to the environment and
sustainable development, which would give coherence to the efforts of the
international community in these areas. They are convinced that the impetus
should be given in Copenhagen in December so that the organization could be
established at the Rio+20 Conference in Rio de Janeiro in 2012.
Brazil and France reiterate
most pressing challenges we
response guided by fairness
combating climate change is
sustainable economic growth
their conviction that climate change is one of the
face today and that it requires immediate global
and equity. The two countries underline that
an imperative that must be fully compatible with
and the fight against poverty.
They endorse the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report and support the objective that global mean
temperature increase should not exceed 2 degrees centigrade above the preindustrial levels, which implies a peak in global emissions as early as possible
and reducing global emissions by at least 50% by 2050 compared to 1990.
Brazil and France are engaged in working together before the 15th Conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC), to be held in Copenhagen, in December 2009. They emphasize the
importance of establishing bridges among countries and are willing to further
advance understandings between the G-77/China and the industrialized countries.
They commend the fact that two countries with different national and regional
circumstances can express common views on major issues of the climate change
negotiations. They are determined to step up the pace of negotiations in order to
reach a positive and ambitious agreed outcome, based on the Bali Road Map, in
Copenhagen later this year.
Brazil and France commit themselves to cooperating to strengthen the
international climate change regime, through the enhanced implementation of the
UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. In this regard, they recall that all Parties
should formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national programs
containing measures to mitigate climate change and facilitate adaptation to
climate change. These plans should be the vehicle for low carbon growth.
They underscore that all Annex I countries should adopt new and ambitious midterm emission reduction targets in line with their historical and present
responsibilities and capabilities, consistent with the 2°C and the
recommendations of the IPCC. Annex I countries should outline emission pathways
consistent with the goal of reducing their emissions by at least 80% by 2050
compared to 1990. In this context, they agree on the central importance of
comparability of economy wide reduction targets among all Annex I countries.
Meanwhile, non-Annex I countries should pursue low carbon growth by implementing
nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the context of sustainable
development, enabled and supported by developed countries with new and additional
financing, technology cooperation and capacity-building. Developing countries
should also contribute to the global effort by undertaking a substantial
deviation from the business as usual projections of their emissions increase
consistent with the IPCC recommendations, with a view to reducing the carbon
intensity of their economies and peaking emissions as early as possible, bearing
in mind that social and economic development and poverty eradication are the
first and overriding priorities in developing countries.
Our two countries will support the establishment of a registry as part of the
general framework for measuring, reporting and verifying (MRV) both NAMAs by
developing countries and the
support received from developed countries. The registry would channel enabling
means of implementation of mitigation actions by developing countries, allowing
for an important contribution to an enhanced global mitigation effort.
Brazil and France also underline the importance of adaptation to the adverse
effects of climate change and agree that mitigation and adaptation should be
given equal consideration under the Convention. Despite their limited
responsibility for climate change, developing countries are already facing its
adverse effects. Brazil and France stress the need for the development of a fair,
comprehensive and robust framework for adaptation.
This framework must include significant new financial support for developing
countries, particularly for poor and vulnerable countries in Africa, Least
Developed Countries and the Small Island Developing States, so that they may face
the additional burden that climate change poses regarding the existing challenge
of social and economic development and poverty eradication.
They recall that the provision of financial resources is one of the key building
blocks for the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention. In
this context, they underscore that the scaling up of international public
financing will be paramount for the successful outcome of COP-15. They underline
the role of financial instruments, innovative financing and the role of the
private sector in supporting action on mitigation and adaptation, as well as
technology development and transfer.
Investments should support low carbon growth and sustainable production and
consumption patterns.
They highlight the need for enhanced cooperation between developed and developing
countries for the research, development, deployment, diffusion and transfer of
environmentally sound technologies. Technological cooperation can also be
enhanced through the establishment of international hubs for knowledge and
information sharing and capacity-building as well as national and regional
centers for environmentally friendly technologies.
Innovative solutions are needed to significantly enhance access to technologies.
They underscore the importance of stimulating enhanced action aimed at reducing
emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries
(REDD). They recognize that this objective is an important part of mitigation
efforts by several developing countries and may play a significant role in the
global effort to tackle climate change. Reducing emissions from deforestation and
forest degradation, through conservation of forests, sustainable management and
enhancement of carbon stocks in forests can and should promote social and
environmental co-benefits.
In this sense, they agree that such activities should receive adequate financial
and technological support, as part of nationally appropriate mitigation actions
(NAMAs) to be undertaken by developing countries. They emphasize the need to
strengthen capacity-building and technology cooperation – both North-South and
South-South - in the forestry sector, including the use of remote sensing tools.
They commit to ensure the inclusion of REDD in the Copenhagen agreed outcome,
with a view to establishing effective and reliable means of support for this
objective under the Convention.
Brazil and France underline the need for ambitious results in reducing greenhouse
gas emissions on a global scale. In this sense, they stress the role of promoting
energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy, including socially and
environmentally sustainable bioenergy, as part of the global effort to address
climate change.