1. 3 rd December 2009 Responsibility of the Global North A Southern Perspective

2. Increase in greenhouse gas emission 1990-2004 Source: UNFCCC 2

3. Current status: GHG emissions Diagram including LUCULF 3

4. Survival with Dignity: Adaptation UN Human Development Report for 2007 priced adaptation at 86 billion pa: entire current global aid budget. World Bank calculates total global adaptation funding for 2008-2012 at “less than $1 billion pa”, a tiny fraction of the need. UN Adaptation Fund, authorised at Bali: 2% levy on transactions within the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Not a single NAPA has been supported. Adaptation has entered the language of development but remains a fringe activity.

5. Expectations from the South Adequacy – in terms of being able to finance the different categories of adaptation interventions in developing countries; Predictable – so as to enable responses to be planned and implemented more effectively; Automaticity – an example of automaticity exists for the adaptation fund, which is financed through a 2 per cent levy on CDM transactions, this can be extended to other kinds of carbon market transactions. In addition, a scheme of defined contributions can be adopted. New and additional – this means there should be no redirection of investment in developing countries from development programmes.

6. Type of support Concrete adaptation projects – first, where projects have to respond to climate change and second where climate change poses new and unique risks Adaptation technologies –for enabling adaptation may be treated in a manner similar to mitigation technologies with regard to issues of IPR, grant finance and support for technology development and transfer. Insurance – a re-insurance mechanism to deal with catastrophic losses due to climate hazard may be created and a portion of the global resources generated for adaptation may be assigned for such a re-insurance fund. Mainstreaming in ongoing development programmes – in general such activities should be eligible for full cost funding.

7. Adaptation as Compensation African governments preparing for Copenhagen have issued a declaration that “Africa is seeking reparations from developed countries because it produces less than 4% green house gases while their effect on the climate could mortgage the future of the continent.”African governments preparing for Copenhagen

8. _________________________________ Comparing US-China: two biggest Emitters Greenpeace briefing, October 2009 (extracted) CHINAUSSource GDP per Capita $Intl 2008 5 96346 859IMF, World Economic Outlook Database – April 2009 CO2 Emissions per cap 4.6 t19.1 tIEA, Key World Energy Statistics 2009. Figures are for 2007. Income per capita (purchasing power parity) USD (2008) 6,02046,970World Bank, 2008 http://siteresources.worldbank.org/ DATASTATISTICS Resources/GNIPC pdf Human Development Index 81 st place12 th placeUNDP, Human Development Report 2007/2008 Private cars per 1000 people 17445Chinese Government US Census Bureau