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FOREIGN MINISTER: SLIM PROSPECT OF COPENHAGEN TO REACH BINDING COMMITMENT
Jakarta, Dec 4 (ANTARA) - Foreign Minister Marty M Natalegawa said the possibility of reaching a binding commitment at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next week is relatively slim.
"It appears that (the climate change summit) would not be able to solve the problem because it appears a prospect for reaching a binding commitment is relatively small," the foreign minister said in Jakarta Thursday.
Therefore, he added, the discussions on climate change issues might be finished at least in mid-2010.
"Thus, our agenda on climate change will continue until 2010," he said when explaining Indonesia's foreign policy priorities in 2010.
Nevertheless, he added, Indonesia would still be active in trying to achieve an accord in Copenhagen, and may even contribute to reaching a solution.
"Indonesia as host of the UNFCCC in Bali in 2007 is constantly playing a role in dealing with climate change problems," he pointed out.
Responding to the very sharp differences in position between the countries in the world with regard to climate change, he said, Indonesia on the upcoming Copenhagen meeting has prepared a position which is expected to bridge the highly different positions.
"Indonesia is not only speaking within the framework of a discourse. In Copenhagen we will explain our efforts of reaching the target of reducing emissions by 26 percent by 2020," he said.
In their fear for the threat of climate change, countries in the world are preparing a serious of talks for reaching a new agreement in place of the Kyoto Protocol which will expire in 2012.
The talks was started in Bali in 2007, and produced a Bali Roadmap.
The Copenhagen meeting was initially expected to be a closing conference, in which all the participating countries reached agreement.
But up to several days before the Copenhagen conference, December 7-18, some sharp differences in position still existed between countries in the world.
A number of differences included a rejection by several countries of a binding agreement on emission reduction and differences in load of emission reduction between the advanced and developing countries.
The wide gap of the different positions led to views that the Copenhagen talks will only produce a political commitment, rather than a binding climate change protocol.
"It appears that (the climate change summit) would not be able to solve the problem because it appears a prospect for reaching a binding commitment is relatively small," the foreign minister said in Jakarta Thursday.
Therefore, he added, the discussions on climate change issues might be finished at least in mid-2010.
"Thus, our agenda on climate change will continue until 2010," he said when explaining Indonesia's foreign policy priorities in 2010.
Nevertheless, he added, Indonesia would still be active in trying to achieve an accord in Copenhagen, and may even contribute to reaching a solution.
"Indonesia as host of the UNFCCC in Bali in 2007 is constantly playing a role in dealing with climate change problems," he pointed out.
Responding to the very sharp differences in position between the countries in the world with regard to climate change, he said, Indonesia on the upcoming Copenhagen meeting has prepared a position which is expected to bridge the highly different positions.
"Indonesia is not only speaking within the framework of a discourse. In Copenhagen we will explain our efforts of reaching the target of reducing emissions by 26 percent by 2020," he said.
In their fear for the threat of climate change, countries in the world are preparing a serious of talks for reaching a new agreement in place of the Kyoto Protocol which will expire in 2012.
The talks was started in Bali in 2007, and produced a Bali Roadmap.
The Copenhagen meeting was initially expected to be a closing conference, in which all the participating countries reached agreement.
But up to several days before the Copenhagen conference, December 7-18, some sharp differences in position still existed between countries in the world.
A number of differences included a rejection by several countries of a binding agreement on emission reduction and differences in load of emission reduction between the advanced and developing countries.
The wide gap of the different positions led to views that the Copenhagen talks will only produce a political commitment, rather than a binding climate change protocol.
