Numbers...again!

The two weeks of negotiating talks held in Bonn concluded yesterday. During this session, Parties resumed negotiations from the two Ad Hoc Working Groups left open in December. Also both Subsidiary Bodies started their work again.

During the weeks developing countries asked for a more ambitious mitigation target, namely a limit to the atmospheric temperature increase by 1.5°C.
The debate rose after that most vulnerable countries claimed that the reduction commitments submitted under the Copenhagen Accord are not sufficient to prevent climate change impacts. To support this concerns, the Bolivian delegation presented a study, showing that the current targets will allow developed countries to further increase their emissions. The debate concluded with the request by developing countries of a scientific review as the basis of increased climate ambition. However, Saudi Arabia, supported by other OPEC nations, opposed this attempt to go ahead with the scientific review. The matter was postponed to the next two formal sessions ahead of Cancún.