SG Ban Ki-Moon and PM Lars Loekke equally unpopular
Writing this the Danish PM Lars Loekke is trying to open the High Level Plenary, but Brazil, India, China, Ecuador and Sudan/G77 do not wish to proceed before the text from the AWG-LCA is on the table, and are very concerned about the planned tabling of a new Danish text.
UN SG Ban Ki-Moon is also facing trouble in the corridors:
Financial Times quoted by BBC:
“UN chief Ban Ki-moon suggests a climate change deal might not include a figure on financial aid for developing countries.”
While in speech at COP15 Tuesday
“Financing will be key, particularly in helping the poorest countries. That is why we can welcome the emerging consensus among developed countries to provide approximately $10 billion dollars annually for the next three years to The Copenhagen Launch Fund. With this money, we can deliver real results: strengthen climate resilience; limit deforestation; jump-start; low emissions growth. But a fast start is just that, a start. $10 billion annually will not solve all our problems. Here in Copenhagen we must also address medium and long-term financing scaled up to needs. We cannot leave here without an understanding of how we will proceed on this vital question.”
A text w.o. long-term financial aid is not an option.
