Final Conclusions working group 10: Kyoto Protocol and Emission Reduction Commitments

Listening to the international call in defense of Mother Earth, the peoples and nations of the world have gathered at this conference to generate different proposals such as this one presented by Working Group No. 10 on the Kyoto Protocol and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction commitments by developed countries:

Working Group 10: Kyoto Protocol

As social organizations of Bolivia at the Pre – Conference of indigenous peoples and nations and inter-cultural communities, held in the city of Cochabamba from the 29^th and to the 30^th of March 2010, we establish that:

GROUP 10: KYOTO PROTOCOL AND EMISSION REDUCTION COMMITMENTS

In Copenhagen, developed countries should have made substantial commitments to the reduction of greenhouses gases for the next period after 2012 as mandated by the Kyoto Protocol. Instead of fulfilling their obligations, however, they promoted the so-called “Copenhagen Agreement” to kill the Kyoto Protocol and dilute its historical responsibility.

Why should the “Copenhagen Agreement” mean the end of the Kyoto Protocol?  What should be the commitments of developing countries to the reduction of greenhouses gases in the short and medium term? How should we perfect and improve the Kyoto Protocol so that it might accompilsh its purpose?

This objective of this working group is to analyze how the Copenhagen Accord affects the Kyoto Protocol and to put forth a proposal for the reduction of greenhouses gases by developed countries in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol.

Kyoto Protocol and Emissions Reduction Commitments

Objectives of the group in terms of debate and product

• Analyze the arguments in the Copenhagen Accord that threaten the continuity of the Kyoto Protocol and the mandatory commitments of GHG emissions reduction agreed by the developed countries.
• Elaborate a proposal of the necessary commitments to be adopted and fulfilled by the developed countries in the Kyoto Protocol Framework, in order to establish balance in the climate system of the planet.

Main issues to be discussed by the group

• Which are the main contradictory elements between the Kyoto Protocol and the Copenhaguen Accord regarding the GHG reduction commitments?
• Why is it necessary to maintain the Kyoto Protocol in the ongoing circumstances?
• Which should be the GHG emissions reduction goals in developed countries for the next period in the Kyoto Protocol?

Pre-conference of Bolivia indigenous peoples and social organizations on climate change and the rights of Mother Earth

As social organizations of Bolivia at the Pre – Conference of indigenous peoples and nations and inter-cultural communities, held in the city of Cochabamba from the 29^th and to the 30^th of March 2010, we establish that:

1. We reject and condemn the attempt to impose the so-called “Copenhagen Understanding” for not being an official outcome of the COP 15, for threatening and violating the rights of Mother Earth, for not respecting the rights and voices of developing countries of indigenous peoples and nations,  intercultural communities, social organizations of Bolivia and the world.