Fairness on the agenda
16. maj 2016
I de fortsatte globale klimaforhandlinger er der midtvejs mellem de årlige COP-konferencer fast indbygget en to ugers samling i klimakalenderen. Den ligger typisk i maj, og i de næste to uger vil klimadelegationer fra fra hele verden være samlet i FNs klimasekretariat UNFCCCs hovedkvarter i Bonn. Næste ‘store’ konference vil være COP22 i Marrakech i november.
Der er umiddelbart meget at fejre oven på vedtagelsen af Paris-aftalen i december. Men der er samtidig en lang række områder, som i de kommende år kræver yderligere afklaring for at Paris-aftalen kan mutere fra principbeslutning og overordnet vision til konkret ramme for klimaindsatsen for verdens lande.
Hugh Breakey, som er Moral philosopher ved Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law, Griffith University, har på The Conversation skrevet en introduktion til et centralt tema for de kommende to ugers forhandlinger: Fairness. Med en aftale, som i udgangspunktet er frivillig, bliver en størrelse som det retfærdige central i sikringen af, at alle lande gør deres del af den nødvendige indsats for, at Paris-aftalens målsætning kan nås. Artiklen er her gengivet ifølge en Creative Commons-aftale.
Fairness on the agenda as UN begins job of strengthening the Paris climate deal
By Hugh Breakey
The dust has long settled from December’s Paris climate summit, which hammered out the first truly global deal to reduce emissions. But the negotiations ended with widespread acknowledgement that the deal needs significant strengthening if its overall goal of keeping warming well below 2℃ is to be met.
The Paris Agreement therefore requires countries to ramp up their efforts significantly over the coming years and decades.
That job arguably begins today, with the opening of an 11-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, featuring the first session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement (APA).
The APA functions rather like a much more modest version of the Paris conference. Parties to the Paris Agreement send delegations, and small groups can be tasked with resolving specific issues before reporting back to the larger group for decision-making.
Among the most important items on the meeting’s agenda is the Global Stocktake to assess overall progress towards fulfilling the Paris Agreement’s goals. This stocktake will kickstart the process of five-yearly reviews to strengthen the Paris Agreement, the first of which will happen in 2023.
