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 Join in on ambitious climate actionTo achieve an ambitious global climate agreement is essential if we are to avoid dangerous climate change that threatens life on earth. I urge the leaders, people and communities of the world to join in an ambitious plan to make sure we reach our goal of no more than a 2 degrees increase in global temperature. Du kan diskutere klimautfordringene på klimaportalen The developed countries of the world must cut emissions by 25-40% by 2020 according to figures from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Government of Norway has stated that we are prepared to reduce global emissions by the equivalent of 40% of our 1990 emissions as early as 2020, if this can contribute to an agreement on an ambitious climate regime that includes specific emissions commitments on the part of the major emitters. Norway has also made a political pledge to achieve carbon neutrality, undertaking to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of 100% of our own emissions by 2050 at the latest, and may be as soon as 2030 in case of an ambitious global international climate agreement. This means that our emissions of greenhouse gases will be balanced by the amount that we offset globally. The principle of carbon neutrality underpins Norway’s ambitious climate policy, and will contribute to overall reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. Costa Rica, New Zealand, Iceland and Monaco have also pledged to become carbon neutral. I would like to urge my colleagues in other developed countries to join Norway in using the principle of carbon neutrality as a basis for their national climate policy. Achieving carbon neutrality is crucial to our transition to a low-emission world. One of the major challenges in the negotiations is the question of financing. Any deal in Copenhagen will depend on a solution for predictable and sufficient funding for climate change action in developing countries, in which the developed countries of the world have a moral obligation to participate. At the moment, progress in the climate negotiations is slow, and too many governments are unwilling to abandon established positions. We, the leaders and people of developed countries must lead by example and pledge ambitious cuts. This is the purpose of Norway’s new national commitment, and hopefully a motivation for others to follow. | |||||||||||
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Hei! Hørte på nyhetene om forslaget du hadde laget med presidenten i Mexico om finansiering av klimatiltak i u-land. Bra, bra! Der ser du hvor viktig det er at vi har en handlefrihet hvor vi kan inngå samarbeid med land i hele verden. Sett at vi hadde vært med i EU nå, og EU ikke ville støttet forslaget. Da hadde ikke Norge kunnet stått sammen med Mexico og fremmet et slikt forslag. Ville bare påpeke det som et viktig eksempel på hvor viktig det er med en egen stemme i slike viktige internasjonale forhandlinger, i og med at du er for EU-medlemskap.
Jeg viser til appell fra Jens Stoltenberg om å slutte seg til en “ambitious plan”:
“I urge the leaders, people and communities of the world to join in an ambitious plan to make sure we reach our goal of no more than a 2 degrees increase in global temperature”.
Da synes jeg at det er sørgelig og skuffende at Norge ved forhandlingsleder Hanne Bjurstrøm ikke vil gi vår støtte til teksten fra u-landene som basis for forhandlingene, jf Klassekampen i dag, 15.12., s 4. Dersom Norge skal opptre som en troverdig partner, bør vi være de første til å gi vår støtte til en “ambitious plan”, som uttrykt i forhandlingsgrunnlaget som er foreslått av u-landene.
Siri Lill Thowsen, Holmlia AP-lag