RI FIGHTING FOR POSITIVE CLIMATE SUMMIT OUTCOME

Copenhagen, Dec 17 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said that Indonesia was continuing to fight for the conclusion of a positive agreement amid the threat of deadlock at the climate change summit here.

"I and my ministers have formulated Indonesia's position that will be taken to the summit tomorrow (Thursday). I will submit a statement on Indonesia's recommendations that could be used to overcome deadlock," the president said here Thursday night or Thursday morning in Indonesia.

Yudhoyono said that Indonesia would table at least five recommendations in the sessions as alternative inputs to the negotiation process that had been very tough.

"The first one is that we agree that all of us would not tolerate an increase in the global temperature more than two degrees, a level which should serve as a main reference," the president said.

The second recommendation, according to the president, concerned with the first one namely advanced countries should increase the level of their emission reduction from the present level of their emission reduction obligations.

Thus, advanced states would be able to relatively contribute significantly to the emission reduction so that the temperature would not increase more than two degrees.

"The third, developing nations should also have voluntary plans of action such that of Indonesia in its efforts to reduce 26 percent of its emission in 2020," the president said.

He said that Indonesia's fourth recommendation was with regard to the need for assistance for developing countries in increasing their mitigating capacity so that they would also be able to contribute to the prevention of global warming.

The president said that Indonesia's fifth recommendation was the need for advanced and developing nations to jointly monitor the process where the assistance should be provided based on agreement.

Therefore, he said, a supervision system is needed to monitor the progress of the assistance.