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DEVELOPED COUNTRIES' COMMITMENT TO SHARP GAS EMISSION REDUCTION ESSENTIAL
Jakarta, Dec 6 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian delegation to the on-going climate change conference in Poznan, Poland, has stressed the need for the developed countries' commitment to a sharp reducation in gas emission.
Without such a commitment fom the developed countries, the agreement on reduced emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD) will be threatened, the delegation told the 14th Conference of Parties (COP-14), according to a report from Warsaw.
The Indonesian embassy in Warsaw said in a press statement on Saturday the Indonesian delegation is trying hard to build partnership among delegations to the UN climate change conference to agree on the need for a deep reduction in gas emission, particularly with regard to methodology options, approaches and positive incentives in the REDD.
But Indonesian Ambassador to Poland Hazairin Pohan feared that due to the absence of developed nations' commitment to a drastic reduction in gas emission the conference would end without a meeting point.
He said the issue of REDD had been under the spotlight over the global worries about a hefty deforestation rate of 13 million hectares per annum, which is the cause of damage to biodiversity and has an impact on significant carbon release.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated the gas emission caused by deforestation in the 1990s at 5.8 gigatons, accounting for about 20 percent of the annual global greenhouse gas emission.
Dr. Nur Masripatin, a member of the Indonesian delegation to the conference, said a number of workshops held so far had actually resulted in common views related to policy approaches.
He noted that positive progress had been made with regard to methodology, adding the existing two options - field monitoring and remote sensing solutions-- had complemented each other.
The delegations to the conference called for developed nations' commitment to a sharp reduction in gas emission, which would eventually raise competition in the carbon market which would become incentives for developing countries to develop REDD in a sustainable way.
Without such a commitment fom the developed countries, the agreement on reduced emission from deforestation and degradation (REDD) will be threatened, the delegation told the 14th Conference of Parties (COP-14), according to a report from Warsaw.
The Indonesian embassy in Warsaw said in a press statement on Saturday the Indonesian delegation is trying hard to build partnership among delegations to the UN climate change conference to agree on the need for a deep reduction in gas emission, particularly with regard to methodology options, approaches and positive incentives in the REDD.
But Indonesian Ambassador to Poland Hazairin Pohan feared that due to the absence of developed nations' commitment to a drastic reduction in gas emission the conference would end without a meeting point.
He said the issue of REDD had been under the spotlight over the global worries about a hefty deforestation rate of 13 million hectares per annum, which is the cause of damage to biodiversity and has an impact on significant carbon release.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated the gas emission caused by deforestation in the 1990s at 5.8 gigatons, accounting for about 20 percent of the annual global greenhouse gas emission.
Dr. Nur Masripatin, a member of the Indonesian delegation to the conference, said a number of workshops held so far had actually resulted in common views related to policy approaches.
He noted that positive progress had been made with regard to methodology, adding the existing two options - field monitoring and remote sensing solutions-- had complemented each other.
The delegations to the conference called for developed nations' commitment to a sharp reduction in gas emission, which would eventually raise competition in the carbon market which would become incentives for developing countries to develop REDD in a sustainable way.
