The outcomes of Bonn Climate Change Talks that took place from 31 May to 11 June 2010 in Bonn, Germany were shared in Post Bonn consultation workshop held on 25th June, 2010 at Hotel Ambassador, Lainchor.
Dr. Ganesh raj Joshi, Secretary of Ministry of Environment was the Chief Guest and the session was also addressed by Mr. Ganesh Shah Ex Minister of Environment. Dr Joshi shared his experience of participation as head of delegate at on Bonn II session. Further Dr. Joshi informed about bilateral meetings and initiatives taken for Mountain alliance during the Bonn meetings. In technical session Mr. Batu k Uprety from Ministry of Environment shared about BONN II and Government of Nepal’s Expectations from it. Similarly Mr. Ugan Manandhar of WWF shared overview of Bonn II and its overall outcome and Mr. Raju Pandit Chhetri of UMN shared civil society Perspective on Bonn II. Mr. Bhushan Tuladhar of CCNN facilitated the whole session. The workshop was successful in sharing the key issues of Bonn meeting like SBSTA, AWG KP and AWG LCA to the stakeholders. This workshop was organized by Climate Change Network Nepal (CCNN) and Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) with support of WWF and Oxfam.
Background
The Bonn Climate Change Talks took place from 31 May to 11 June 2010 in Bonn, Germany. The meeting included the 32nd sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from Monday 31 May to Wednesday 9 June 2010 and the tenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UNFCCC (AWG-LCA 10) and the twelfth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 12) from Tuesday 1 June to Friday 11 June 2010. Approximately 2,900 participants attended the meeting, representing governments, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, academia, the private sector and the media.
Bonn II Update
The key issue under the under the SBSTA was: Scientific, technical and socio-economic aspects of mitigating climate change. No agreement was reached on options for limiting global average temperature increase to 1.5°C and 2°C from pre-industrial levels and parties eventually adopted SBSTA conclusions without referencing the technical paper. Many parties and civil society representatives expressed “deep disappointment” at the outcome.
The key issue under the under the AWG LCA was: Exchanging views on the Chair’s new draft negotiating text through a contact group. During the meeting, several delegates commented on the constructive mood and some felt that progress was made on issues, such as finance. However, AWG-LCA 10 did not adopt conclusions as parties did not reach agreement on issues including a request to the Secretariat to compile developed and developing countries’ mitigation pledges
Key issues under the under the AWG KP was: Annex I emission reductions and other issues, including the flexibility mechanisms and land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). The secretariat was requested to prepare a technical paper on legal issues and organize a technical workshop on the scale of Annex I emission reductions before AWG-LCA 13.
As pre-meeting hopes gave way to post-meeting realities, Bonn session highlighted the challenges faced by delegates on the way to Cancún, including how ambitious they should be. On the AWGLCA side, it is quite unsure about the next steps until the final version of the revised draft negotiating text will released before the meeting in August.
With the seriousness and importance of the issue, Nepal effectively participated in the UNFCCC process with the representation of 7 high-level government delegates led by the Secretary, Ministry of Environment as well as a few from civil society organizations.
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