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Adaptation to climate change:
NGOs perspective
Ruta Bubniene
Climate Action Network Europe
[email protected]
http://www.climnet.org
Climate Action Network – Europe
Climate Action Network (CAN) is an
international network of over 360
NGOs
CAN-Europe is the European node
with more than 100 member
organisations
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The Brussels office focuses on EU
level policies, observes UN
negotiations
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Who are green 10
Green 10
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Who are green 10
NGOs networks working for environment
 encourage the full implementation of EU environmental laws and policies
in the Member States;
 lobby for new environmental proposals, as appropriate;
 work with the EU institutions to ensure that policies under consideration
are as environmentally effective as possible;
 promote EU environmental leadership in the global political arena.
Joint Green 10 activities – briefings/position paper/publications
 The Constitutional Treaty
 The EU’s Sustainable Development Strategy:
 European elections:
 Greening the EU Budget (‘Briefing for the EP on the Financial
Perspectives 2007-2013’, ‘Proposed ammendments for LIFE])
 Aarhus conventions for EU institutions
More info: www.climnet.org/green10.htm
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A Viable Global Framework: 3 Tracks
Track One: Kyoto Track with legally binding emission
reductions in subsequent commitment periods
Track Two: Decarbonisation Track for the developing
countries not in the Kyoto Track
Track Three: Adaptation Track for the most vulnerable
countries
Source: WWF
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Track I: Kyoto track
 Legally binding, tradable emission limitations and reduction
obligations
 Deep cuts by industrialised countries through absolute
mandatory caps
 Initially small but increasing number of rapidly industrialising
developing countries according to a set of criteria
 Relative per capita emissions, per capita income, historical
responsibility, capacity to change/invest
 KT builds on the heart of the Kyoto Protocol, binding absolute
caps on emissions from developed countries and is
 Building experience through European system
 Base for any serious approaches in the US
 Precursor for any significant commitments by developing countries
Source: WWF
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EU Leadership in Track I
EU Credibility at Home
 Meet Kyoto Targets and lay the
groundwork for deeper cuts
(demonstrable progress)
 ETS review and
implementation
 Energy Efficiency Directives
 Renewables Directive
 Build a EU/China Alliance
 Build EU/Progressive Americans
Alliance
 2020 Targets
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Tackling climate change later – more
costly
IPCC 2001: stabilising at 450ppm means cumulative costs between
$2.5 trillion and $18 trillion (conservative assumption with $300/t C
avoided)
 Have to see in the context of 2%/yr economic growth predicted by
economists in next 100 years
 Without global warming action, the world as a whole will be 10 times
as rich by 2100, and people on average will be five times as well off
 Adding in highest costs of warming, would postpone this target by
two years
 Similarly, Kyoto compliance could cost 1% of Annex I GDP, hence
meeting Kyoto would mean industrialised countries get 20% richer
by June 2010 rather than January 2010.
Source Azar & Schneider, 2002. Ecological Economics
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Track II: Decarbonisation
 Developing countries – to follow a low carbon path to
development
 Actions and policies should accelerate introduction of
clean and sustainable technologies
 Availability of resources and technologies from
industrial countries
 Guided by sustainable development policies and
measures
 Sectoral carbon intensity target
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Track III: Adaptation
 Meet the needs of key vulnerable regions to
assist with adaptation measures
 Funded by industrialised countries
 Compensation for the unavoidable impacts
 Current Kyoto elements as base
 Adaptation Fund
 Special Climate Change Fund
 LDC Fund
Source: CAN – International www.climatenetwork.org
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Adaptation in the EU
 Europe mountain regions,
coastal zones, wetlands and the Mediterranean region
are particularly vulnerable
 Some positive effects, but many negative impacts
 Existing adaptive measures are concentrated in flood
defence
 More adaptation measures in public health, water
resources and management of ecosystems.
Source: EEA, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Europe, Technical
report No 7/2005
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Thank you very much for your attention
Climate Action Network – Europe
http://www.climnet.org/
Ruta Bubniene, Policy Officer
[email protected]
CAN-Europe, Brussels
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