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"Madam President, the conference on the world climate may have broken down but substantial progress was made nonetheless. Nuclear energy has no chance of making a comeback. The developing countries said: if you northern countries are going to stop using nuclear energy then we do not want it either, not even if it is subsidised. Progress was also made in the field of enforcement. The developing countries are to receive USD 1 billion after 2005. If the clean development mechanism starts working then they will receive between USD 5 billion and USD 25 billion in addition, annually.
President Pronk acquitted himself well as far as the developing countries are concerned but his compromise was lacking in terms of environmental issues. The forests proved to be the major stumbling block this time round. Three years ago, in Kyoto, the United States wanted to use Russia as a means of getting round having to take any measures in their own country. Now the Clinton administration wanted the cheapest measures, i.e. to allow forests to grow. Of course forests eat up CO2 but once they are fully grown this no longer happens. Besides, forests burn down, which is happening increasingly often.
The solution must be found in energy efficiency and renewable sources of energy. The negotiators working on behalf of the European Union certainly wanted to leave quite a lot of leeway for forests, but no more than 20% of all measures to be adopted. Prescott’s deal, whereby the United States would be allowed to emit 1/3 via forests, 1/3 via hot air and 1/3 via CDM, was a poor and unacceptable deal. Fortunately, 14 of the 15 Ministers for the Environment were of the same mind on this issue.
But we must press on, and equality must be incorporated in Bonn, in May 2001. Every citizen of the world has an equal right to CO2-emission, i.e. the Americans do not have the right to emit 200 times as much as the Africans. Only if equality is incorporated will the developing countries start to participate in the fight against climate change after 2012. In order to stabilise the climate on the basis of equality, the United States will have to cut back on their emissions by 90% and the European Union will have to cut back by 80%. China will then have to stabilise its emissions, and then India will be allowed to double its emissions. There needs to be a breakthrough in May next year, without the United States if need be. The Kyoto Protocol can, and must, be ratified, even without the United States. I hope we will come to see the wisdom of this."@en1
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