The United States is committed to collaborating with other major
economies to agree on a detailed contribution for a new global framework
by the end of 2008, which would contribute to a global agreement under
the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change by 2009.
To this end, President Bush asked Secretary Rice to host a meeting of
major economies in Washington, D.C., on September 27 – 28, 2007. Bush
intends to address the conference. At this meeting, we would seek
agreement on the process by which the major economies would, by the end
of 2008, agree upon a post-2012 framework that could include a long-term
global goal, nationally defined mid-term goals and strategies, and
sector-based approaches for improving energy security and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, we expect to place special
emphasis on how major economies can, in close cooperation with the
private sector, accelerate the development and deployment of clean
technologies, a critical component of an effective global approach to
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. James L. Connaughton, Chairman of the
Council on Environmental Quality, will serve as Bush’s personal
representative.
White House
District of Columbia
27/09/2007 at 12:00AM
Posted by Brad Johnson on 11/09/2007 at 03:05PM
Yesterday the Club of
Madrid, the organization of 66 democratic
former heads of stated, unveiled a proposal for the international
climate change framework to be developed at the Conferences of the
Parties to the UN
Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali this
December. Glenn Hurwitz covers the
proposal at
Grist.
The brief summary: An international framework with a global target of
60% below 1990 levels by 2050; developed countries should be at 30%
below by 2020 and rapidly developing countries should lower their energy
intensity by 30% by 2020 and follow emissions targets thenceforth. A
carbon price should be set by a globally linked cap-and-trade system
with auctioned credits or preferably by universal carbon taxes. $20
billion should be spent annually on energy R&D and an annual fund of $50
billion should go to developing countries for adaptation, avoided
deforestation, and clean energy development and deployment—the latter
including renewable energy and energy efficiency. IP barriers to clean
energy technologies should be dropped.
The full
recommendations
are past the break.