Od 7-18 december, več kot 15.000 ljudi, vključno z vladnimi uradniki in svetovalci iz 192 držav, civilne družbe in medijev iz skoraj vseh držav na svetu, se bodo zbrali v danskem Kopenhagnu v enem od najbolj pomembnih srečanjih v zgodovini . To bo najbolj zapletenih in bistven dogovor, kar jih je svet kdaj videl.
Kopenhagen, ali COP 15 – 15. konferenca pogodbenic okvirne konvencije ZN o spremembi podnebja (UNFCCC) – je nov sporazum med državami za zmanjšanje emisij toplogrednih plinov, saj je njihova trenutna obveznosti v okviru Kjotskega protokola prenehali veljati leta 2012. Dve leti nazaj, na prejšnji konferenci ZN o podnebnih spremembah na Baliju, ZN vseh vlad dogovorili o časovnem načrtu, ki bi zagotovili močno ukvarjajo s podnebnimi času konferenci v Københavnu. Posledice ne dosega tega cilja so velike, in skoraj nepredstavljivo.Obrnite se na našega sopartnerja (film – Age of Stupid), če se želite prepričani, zakaj. 
Na srečanju, ki bo trajalo tri dni in na katerem bodo prisotni glavni voditelji držav, se bo poskušalo doseči množičn kompleks sporazum o zmanjšanju ogljika, za zagotavljanje sredstev za blažitev in prilagajanje, in podpira prenos tehnologije od severa do juga.
To je pomemben mejnik v zgodovini, kjer mora civilna družba govoriti z enim glasom in zahtevti pravičen, ambiciozen in zavezujoč dogovor. 

Mednarodna organizacija ALPE ADRIA GREEN se je priključila nevladnim organizacijam iz vsega sveta v mrežo TckTckTck v katero so vljučene največje svetovne nevladne organizacije in bo skupno z njimi podala peticijo na tem srečanju za umilitev podnebnih sprememb!

Predsednik Alpe Adria Green:

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p.s: Povezava:http://tcktcktck.org/partners/our-partners/more-partners  – povezava na blog aag je pod GREEN Alpe Adria – napaka bo popravljena v dveh dneh!

TckTckTck partners outline essential elements for a successful Copenhagen agreement

TckTckTck partners are releasing tons of helpful information in the final days before the Copenhagen climate summit, providing relevant historical background on the UNFCCC process, and outlining their hopes and expectations for a successful deal to emerge in Denmark this month.
Here are a few of the essential elements outlined by TckTckTck partners leading up to COP15.
TckTckTck partner Climate Action Network International, a global network of over 500 environment, development and faith-based organizations, released a checklist for a fair, ambitious and binding agreement in Copenhagen. The CAN checklist, titled ‘Fair, Ambitious and Binding – Essentials for a Successful Deal in Copenhagen,’ works like a scorecard for observers to track the progress of the climate negotiations and evaluate the outcomes. Highlights from the checklist [PDF] include:

• A commitment to keep warming well below 2°C, with emission peaking between 2013 and 2017, and concentrations lowering to 350ppm CO2e.
• Industrialized countries as a group must take a target of more than 40% below 1990 levels by 2020. Most of which should be met through domestic emissions reductions.
• Developing countries must be supported in their efforts to limit the growth of their industrial emissions, making substantial reductions below business-as-usual. The support for their efforts to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change must also be scaled-up immediately and substantially, and the fact that certain loss and damage from climate change can not be avoided must be recognized.
• Emissions from deforestation and degradation must be reduced to zero by 2020, funded by at least US$35 billion per year from developed countries.
• Developed countries need to provide at least US$195 billion in public financing per year by 2020, in addition to ODA commitments, for developing country actions.
• Copenhagen outcomes must be legally binding and enforceable: a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol; and a complementary agreement with comparable action and enforcement for the United States, and action from developing countries.

The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), also a TckTckTck partner, developed a handy guide for journalists to get up to speed on the details of what IIED calls “the most important meeting since the end of the second world war.” The report explains key processes, major actions to be agreed upon and possible outcomes from Copenhagen. IIED clearly defines who the major players are and provides some historical context on the 1992 Rio Summit, 1997 Kyoto Protocol and the adoption of the Bali Action Plan in 2007 which created the new negotiating track designed to include the United States in future global action to address climate change. IIED has also released several briefing papers looking deeper into specific COP15 issues, including REDD and financing for developing countries. Rather ominously, the guide for journalists concludes that, “As each negotiator aims to maximize their country’s gain and minimize their concessions, we are left waiting to see who blinks first in the world’s biggest poker game.” 

Jake Schmidt of Tck partner NRDC has a great 5-part series of blogs probing the expectations for COP15, tracing where the past 2 years of international negotiations have taken us since Bali, and what negotiators need to do in Denmark to ensure “a solid foundation for achieving the final legally binding agreement in months, not years.” 
Jake identifies six key elements for a strong international agreement:

• Strong leadership from developed countries with firm and aggressive emissions reductions targets in the near-term (e.g., 2020 and 2030) and strong signals that they will significantly reduce emissions in the medium-term (e.g., 2050).
• Willingness of developing countries to undertake significant emissions reductions on their own that tangibly reduce the growth of their emissions in the near-term (e.g., to 2020) and lay the foundation for even deeper cuts in the medium-term.
• Turning the corner on efforts to combat global deforestation.
• Properly designed and performance-based incentives from developed countries to encourage even greater developing country emissions reductions.
• Support for adaptation to the impacts of climate change in the least vulnerable countries.
• Strong provisions to ensure that countries "open up their books and defend them".  We need to know that countries are actually achieving what they say they are doing to reduce their emissions and in providing support for countries to go further in reducing their emissions and adapting to global warming.