\n\t8 December 2010<\/p>\n
\n\tCancun, Mexico – Japan earned a 1st place Fossil for its continued efforts to kill the
\n\tKyoto Protocol by preventing a second commitment period from moving forward.
\n\tThe United States, fresh off its first, and 1st place, Fossil in Cancun yesterday, earned
\n\tits first 2nd and 3rd place Fossils for slowing technology transfer and developing
\n\tcountry adaptation support.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Fossils as presented read:
\n\t"The United States wins the 3rd place Fossil. Congratulations US – Technology
\n\ttransfer has been a core commitment since the beginning of the Convention, and
\n\twe’ve already wasted too much time discussing how to do it. A workable proposal is
\n\tfinally on the table and everyone else is willing to go with it and establish the new
\n\ttechnology mechanism here in Cancun. But yesterday, you made it clear that in your
\n\tview, the Parties should only ‘consider’ establishing it.<\/p>\n
\n\tThat’s strange, given that the Copenhagen Accord clearly states that leaders agreed to
\n\t‘establish a Technology Mechanism’, ‘operational immediately’. We are surprised
\n\tyou are going back behind what heads of state already agreed to and try to renegotiate
\n\ta deal struck a deal struck among world leaders. For the last year, most parties in the
\n\ttechnology negotiations have been working hard to answer the remaining questions
\n\tand a lot of progress was made in Cancun. While everyone else is being flexible, your
\n\tobstructionism is blocking any progress.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe US championed the need for a technology center and network and you are
\n\tdeveloping some regional center pilots, so why the heartburn on the proposal on the
\n\ttable? Concerns by US clean tech companies about being under a burdensome and
\n\tbureaucratic UN body are misinformed; what our warming world needs is precisely
\n\twhat a multilateral mechanism can deliver: coordinated planning and implementation
\n\tto speed-up and scale-up the what poor countries and communities need to transition
\n\tquickly to a low-emissions future."<\/p>\n
\n\t"The USA wins the 2nd place Fossil for delaying agreement on the establishment of
\n\tan Adaptation Committee, which is demanded by developing countries to improve
\n\tcoherence and coordination of adaptation under the Convention. The US continues to
\n\tinsist on clarification of the functions and asked in Cancun whether this could not be
\n\tdealt with under SBSTA, an approach which they had rejected some years ago when
\n\tit was on the SBSTA agenda. The Convention process requires a dedicated
\n\tinstitutional arrangement on adaptation which can initiate further action, not limited to
\n\ttechnical advice. This function cannot be fulfilled by existing institutions outside the
\n\tConvention."<\/p>\n
\n\t"The 1st place Fossil goes to Japan. Although the Minister arrived on Sunday, Japan
\n\thas not yet changed its position of rejecting to put its target for the second
\n\tcommitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, which virtually kills the future of the
\n\tKyoto Protocol. Despite the plea from all around the world, even in the midst of the
\n\tisolation (with hidden allies consisting of Russia and Canada), Japan's inflexibility
\n\tendangers the whole discussion of the future framework at CANCUN, which the earth
\n\tdesperately needs."<\/p>\n
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\n\tAbout CAN: <\/strong>The Climate Action Network is a worldwide network of roughly 500
\n\tNon-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working to promote government and
\n\tindividual action to limit human-induced climate change to ecologically sustainable
\n\tlevels. www.climatenetwork.org<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\tAbout the fossils: <\/strong>The Fossil of the Day awards were first presented at the climate
\n\ttalks in 1999 in Bonn, initiated by the German NGO Forum. During United Nations
\n\tclimate change negotiations (www.unfccc.int), members of the Climate Action
\n\tNetwork (CAN), vote for countries judged to have done their 'best' to block progress
\n\tin the negotiations in the last days of talks.<\/em><\/p>\n