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 Posted - 09 Dec 2011 : 09:18:07
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The following is a google translation of an article in Danish at (Denmarks Radio)DR website.
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Denmark and The Gambia is spearheading the climate alliance
08th December 2011 18:18
A freshly cast alliance between the 27 EU countries and the world's 48 poorest countries trying Thursday to put progress in the stalled climate negotiations at COP17 in Durban, South Africa.
Behind the initiative are Denmark's chief negotiator, Climate and Energy, Martin Lidegaard, along with Gambia, who chairs the group of Least Developed Countries, LDC Group (Least Developed Countries)
- It's a little piece of history, we've written together with the poor countries. Normally there's being a full trench warfare between developed and developing countries. Now we actually have a consensus about how a new climate agreement should look like, says Martin Lidegaard from Durban.
Poor countries caught
Usually the 48 poorest countries are left represented by foreign block G77 & China, which counts a total of 132 nations - including wealthy Arab oil countries, middle-income countries and emerging economies China, India and Brazil.
G77 & China behave externally as if all the 132 developing countries have common interests, and here comes the poor countries are often caught between the majors.
- We have received many positive responses and we have certainly managed to create some momentum. The pressure now increasing on major CO2 emitters such as China, India, Brazil - and the U.S., says Martin Lidegaard.
Want island states included
The new alliance of 75 countries are also trying to get the 42 island states and low-lying countries in the AOSIS group of the initiative. They agree that a new climate agreement must include the objective that global warming be kept below two degrees - or possibly just 1.5 degrees.
In addition to Kyoto agreement be extended by a new phase after 2012, all major CO2 emitters will deliver by 2015 laws binding reductions and the new Green Climate Fund must be made to work.
Denmark has already pledged 100 million to the fund.
Present during the meeting between Denmark and Gambia were also environment ministers from Germany, Britain, Poland, Bangladesh and Nepal.
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BBC Article: Alliance pushes for climate deal
The EU and some of the world's poorest nations have launched a joint bid for a strong outcome at the UN climate talks.
Ministers from rich and poor countries stood shoulder to shoulder at a news conference urging big emitters such as China and the US to move to a deal.......
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