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PRESIDENT DISCUSSES CLIMATE CHANGE WITH UN SECRETARY GENERAL
Jakarta, Sept 13 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the state place here on Friday evening discussed a follow up of the climate change conference in a video teleconference with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon.
The video teleconference was conducted in parallel with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dan Demark Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a release made available to Antara said on Friday evening.
The discussions took place indoors, presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said at the beginning the discussion which was open to journalists, but then the UN Secretary General asked for a closed door meeting on the ground that some materials were still off the record.
Earlier another presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said the talks had to do with the climate change conference (UNFCCC) held in Bali in late 2007 and will be continued in Poland in 2008 and Denmark in 2009.
"One of the issues discussed is about a follow up of the Bali conference, the process of which untill now has yet to be stable," Dino said.
The president, during the teleconference, said countries like China, South Korea, India and other major economies, and also Indonesia have already established national climate strategies. The private sector is also becoming very active on climate change issues and is eager to be part of the solution.
"Since Bali, we have had a series of constructive discussions in Bangkok, Bonn, and Accra. These discussions have been valuable in maintaining momentum and advancing the Bali Road Map. But now we must shift to a higher gear. And this also means we must intensify the coordination between the UN Secretary General and the Troika Leaders to support the negotiations under the UNFCCC," the head of state said.
According to the president, Poznan would be the last meeting before actual negotiations are held. Thus an early agreement on 'shared vision' would be useful to guide parties to agree on long-term, medium-term and short-term reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
The President further said the developed countries had to take the lead in securing the stabilization of greenhouse gases and ensuring no delay on the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. "In this regard, we also need to push harder to agree on deeper cuts in global emissions as well as a medium term vision for 2020."
"Hence we also need to see a clear political willingness from the developed countries to agree on financial architecture and transfer of technology issues. This will enable the developing countries to do more in their capacity and under their national circumstances, in curbing their emissions. The developed countries also need to scale up their stated commitments to enable the developing countries' efforts to put in place national mitigation efforts and adaptation plants to build low carbon, climate resilient economies," Yudhoyono said.
The video teleconference was conducted in parallel with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk dan Demark Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a release made available to Antara said on Friday evening.
The discussions took place indoors, presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said at the beginning the discussion which was open to journalists, but then the UN Secretary General asked for a closed door meeting on the ground that some materials were still off the record.
Earlier another presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal said the talks had to do with the climate change conference (UNFCCC) held in Bali in late 2007 and will be continued in Poland in 2008 and Denmark in 2009.
"One of the issues discussed is about a follow up of the Bali conference, the process of which untill now has yet to be stable," Dino said.
The president, during the teleconference, said countries like China, South Korea, India and other major economies, and also Indonesia have already established national climate strategies. The private sector is also becoming very active on climate change issues and is eager to be part of the solution.
"Since Bali, we have had a series of constructive discussions in Bangkok, Bonn, and Accra. These discussions have been valuable in maintaining momentum and advancing the Bali Road Map. But now we must shift to a higher gear. And this also means we must intensify the coordination between the UN Secretary General and the Troika Leaders to support the negotiations under the UNFCCC," the head of state said.
According to the president, Poznan would be the last meeting before actual negotiations are held. Thus an early agreement on 'shared vision' would be useful to guide parties to agree on long-term, medium-term and short-term reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
The President further said the developed countries had to take the lead in securing the stabilization of greenhouse gases and ensuring no delay on the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. "In this regard, we also need to push harder to agree on deeper cuts in global emissions as well as a medium term vision for 2020."
"Hence we also need to see a clear political willingness from the developed countries to agree on financial architecture and transfer of technology issues. This will enable the developing countries to do more in their capacity and under their national circumstances, in curbing their emissions. The developed countries also need to scale up their stated commitments to enable the developing countries' efforts to put in place national mitigation efforts and adaptation plants to build low carbon, climate resilient economies," Yudhoyono said.
