OPEC Statement at UN Climate Change Conference in Bali
HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri Secretary General - OPEC
United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in Bali, 11-14 December 2007. Statement delivered by HE Abdalla Salem El-Badri, OPEC Secretary General, to the high-level segment of the 13th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change & the 3rd session of the Conference of the Parties acting as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol:
Let me begin by expressing my deep appreciation to the Government and people of Indonesia for hosting this Conference on this wonderful island of Bali and for their warm hospitality.
I am delighted to be here today and participate in such an important conference, taking place in an OPEC Member Country and tackling the issue of our time “climate change”, an issue widely covered at the OPEC Summit recently held in Riyadh.
Here in Bali there has been much discussion concerning where the Kyoto Protocol is today, and what the future holds for a post-Kyoto agreement. However, in all these discussions we must move forward by learning from our past experience. The key question in this regard is a simple one: why were we able to reach an agreement for the creation of the Kyoto Protocol.
We reached agreement after years of negotiation because everyone had a stake, but perhaps more importantly, everyone perceived that their issues were recognized and taken on board.
For developing countries in general it was of fundamental importance that the principle of“common, but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities” be central to this agreement since developed countries have a historical responsibility to take the lead in combating climate change. Developed countries are largely responsible for the historical build-up of global greenhouse gas emissions and even to this day continue to emit close to half of all emissions despite representing only 20% of the planets population.
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