The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Doha reached an agreement on the 8th to extend the effectiveness of the "Kyoto Protocol" to 2020 to meet emission reduction constraints. Although Russia, Japan and Canada withdrew from the Kyoto Protocol, the greenhouse gas emissions of all signatories only accounted for 15% of the total, and the emissions of emerging market countries such as China and India continued to grow, increasing global carbon dioxide emissions by 2.61 TP3T, 50% more than the 1990 record. However, nearly 200 countries around the world are still unwilling to give up the opportunity to save the earth and have agreed to extend the validity of the Kyoto Protocol for another eight years, making it the only legally binding document to combat global warming.
But despite this, representatives from various countries still believe that the decisions made by simply holding meetings are far less than the plans recommended by scientists, such as taking active actions to prevent sea level rise, heat waves, sandstorms or floods; in addition, whether to impose taxes on developed countries Discussion of more funds to help other countries deal with the global warming controversy will be postponed until next year (2013).
After two weeks of intensive consultations, the Doha meeting finally reached an agreement to legally confirm the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol’s emission reduction commitments and extend the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol until the new convention comes into effect in 2020 to curb climate change. , and some developed countries have also pledged to continue to significantly reduce emissions by 2020.
This meeting also resulted in the Doha Climate Gateway agreement. The key points are:
The Kyoto Protocol, the world's only treaty that restricts greenhouse gas emissions, will be extended in the form of a "second emission reduction commitment period" after it expires on December 31 this year. The new validity period will take effect on January 1, 2013, and will end at the end of 2020, binding the 27 member states of the European Union and 10 industrial countries, including Australia and Switzerland. However, these countries do not include major developing countries such as China and India, and the United States refuses to recognize it.
The Doha Agreement urges developed countries to commit to allocating funds to developing countries "when financial conditions allow". The annual meeting of the United Nations almost broke down over the issue of fund allocation for developing countries. The annual conference puts pressure on developed countries to allocate funds starting next year, and the amount should reach at least US$100 billion per year by 2020. Rich countries provided a total of US$30 billion to poor countries from 2010 to 2012, but the EU, the United States and Japan did not guarantee continued funding from 2013 to 2019.
Developing countries say they will need at least US$60 billion between now and 2015 to deal with climate change, which will lead to increased droughts and floods and rising sea levels, and US$20 billion next year. Articles adopted by the Doha conference urge that before the United Nations climate conference is held in Warsaw next year, developed countries must provide "information and strategies for mobilizing climate finance, and annual allocations should be proportionally increased to US$100 billion by 2020."
All parties reiterated their hope to draft a new global plan by 2015 and replace the Kyoto Protocol from 2020. The new agreement will bind all countries around the world. The meeting pointed out that the draft agreement must be finalized before May 2015. The Doha Climate Conference pointed out that there is a discrepancy between the emission reduction targets of various countries and the actual emission reductions, and the discrepancy is getting larger and larger, so we must find ways to reduce it. To control global warming, temperatures must stay within 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Source: Environmental Information Center (2012-12-09)
