> Bolivia Reveals New Data: Shows Mitigation Gap in Kyoto Pledges
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> June 9, 2010 in Press
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> BONN, Germany – Today the climate negotiations considered new data p > repared by the UN on emission targets put forward by developed count > ries under the Kyoto Protocol. Bolivia, in the negotiations, prepare > d a graph showing how far developed countries are from making the em > ission cuts needed by science.
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> Some countries did not want the data to be available publicly but > Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia > released it at a press conference.
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> The data shows that:
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> * Developed country emission reductions pledges in total could be > 10-14% by 2017 below 1990 levels, without current rules and loopholes.
> * This increase may blow out to a massive 4-8% above 1990 levels > if loopholes are not closed.
> * This is a far-cry from the cuts of 40-50% that developing > countries demand, based on sound science and equity.
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> Speaking at a press conference today Pablo Solon, Ambassador of the > Plurinational State of Bolivia, said:
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> “The data shows a frightening chasm between what the science says, w > hat the people have asked for, what Mother Earth needs and what rich > countries are saying they are willing to do.”
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> “Last week in negotiations on emission accounting rules the European > Union said that they will do whatever the rules allow them to do. I > ask them if the rules allow them to burn the world would they do th > at? Because that is what the rules allow them to do.” Ambassador Sol > on said.
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> Lim Li Lin, a Kyoto Protocol expert from the Malaysia-based Third > World Network added:
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> “The mitigation gap in terms of pledges is the tip of the ice-berg. > Rich countries have been deliberately undermining the entire climate > regime, particularly the binding targets of the Kyoto Protocol. If > this happens we’ll have a world without a legal system to make bindi > ng emission cuts, that’s a world of 4 degrees temperature rise and c > limate catastrophe”.
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> June 9, 2010 in Press
>
> BONN, Germany – Today the climate negotiations considered new data p > repared by the UN on emission targets put forward by developed count > ries under the Kyoto Protocol. Bolivia, in the negotiations, prepare > d a graph showing how far developed countries are from making the em > ission cuts needed by science.
>
> Some countries did not want the data to be available publicly but > Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia > released it at a press conference.
>
> The data shows that:
>
> * Developed country emission reductions pledges in total could be > 10-14% by 2017 below 1990 levels, without current rules and loopholes.
> * This increase may blow out to a massive 4-8% above 1990 levels > if loopholes are not closed.
> * This is a far-cry from the cuts of 40-50% that developing > countries demand, based on sound science and equity.
>
> Speaking at a press conference today Pablo Solon, Ambassador of the > Plurinational State of Bolivia, said:
>
> “The data shows a frightening chasm between what the science says, w > hat the people have asked for, what Mother Earth needs and what rich > countries are saying they are willing to do.”
>
> “Last week in negotiations on emission accounting rules the European > Union said that they will do whatever the rules allow them to do. I > ask them if the rules allow them to burn the world would they do th > at? Because that is what the rules allow them to do.” Ambassador Sol > on said.
>
> Lim Li Lin, a Kyoto Protocol expert from the Malaysia-based Third > World Network added:
>
> “The mitigation gap in terms of pledges is the tip of the ice-berg. > Rich countries have been deliberately undermining the entire climate > regime, particularly the binding targets of the Kyoto Protocol. If > this happens we’ll have a world without a legal system to make bindi > ng emission cuts, that’s a world of 4 degrees temperature rise and c > limate catastrophe”.
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