The Melting Iceberg, Chapter Two
Welcome to the second coming of the climate change blog of the European Parliament Socialist Group. We started the blog before The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poznań, 1-12 December 2008. The idea of the blog was to efficiently inform about socialist group members activities in Poznań and how we felt about the progress made in the negotiations.
At Poznań, the finishing touches were put to the Kyoto Protocol’s Adaptation Fund, with Parties agreeing that the Fund would be a legal entity granting direct access to developing countries. The socialist group delegation is also happy that the Fund is already in use since the beginning of 2009. Progress was also made on a number of important ongoing issues that are particularly important for developing countries, including: adaptation; finance; technology; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD); and disaster management.
In this second round of our climate change blog we will concentrate more on the work done in the European Parliament, especially by the temporary committee on climate change. Wednesday this week the final report of the climate change committee will be voted in the plenary. More of this will follow!
At Poznań, the finishing touches were put to the Kyoto Protocol’s Adaptation Fund, with Parties agreeing that the Fund would be a legal entity granting direct access to developing countries. The socialist group delegation is also happy that the Fund is already in use since the beginning of 2009. Progress was also made on a number of important ongoing issues that are particularly important for developing countries, including: adaptation; finance; technology; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD); and disaster management.
In this second round of our climate change blog we will concentrate more on the work done in the European Parliament, especially by the temporary committee on climate change. Wednesday this week the final report of the climate change committee will be voted in the plenary. More of this will follow!
Ritta Myller
Blogger-in-Chief
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