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The Daily TckRace to the Future:www.tcktcktck.org

6 October 2011

Summary of the Current status/situationComing up to the last lap here in Panama, but it is hard to see anyone doing anyrunning. Apparently there is quite a bit of text circulating (or at least Facilitators Notes that

can be easily transferred to text), but on the critical issues of the legal discussions and finance

we are not certain we will leave Panama with anything positive.

The legal discussions on the LCA side of the negotiations (which includes all countries)

continue to attract huge numbers (and the Chair is to be congratulated for letting observers

into the meetings) but weve only got as far as a non -paper that doesnt really take us

anywhere. The US earned a Fossil of the Day award earlier this week

(http://www.climatenetwork.org/fossil-of-the-day) for their position ofthere is no point inhaving this discussion because it wont end where we want it to. The discussions havent

moved from there.

The best that can be said about the legal discussion in the LCA track is that at least the Parties

are exchanging their views; this is possibly a little step above not talking about it. But the

Parties are entrenched and the negative position taken by the US earlier in the week is

allowing other countries to hide behind them.

On the issue of long term finance, the EU today submitted some text which could help move

things along. Hopefully this submission will help the US (and the countries hiding behind

them) realise that refusing to allow a discussion on long term finance is causing over-spending some of the goodwill that is rare in these talks.

We have heard that many of the issues about the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will be resolved

at a pre-COP ministerial meeting due to be held in Capetown but not to the satisfaction of

NGOs. Huh? We want and need the Durban COP to take keydecisions on the nature

and form of the GCF, including the appointment of the Board with arrangements for

meaningful civil society participation, establishment of thematic funding windows and access

modalities. What could they possibly be thinking?

We are all looking for some good news and we found some when South Africa made a

submission of text that at least puts the bunker fuel levy discussion (one potential source offunding) on the table.

What is happening?It is all about the money. We had reasonable grounds to expect some movement on long term

finance to come out of Panama. NGOs and developing countries do not operate in a vacuum,

they know that finance on the scale necessary, especially in these economic times will take a

lot of hard work, negotiations and time and are rightly concerned about any delay in moving

this work forward. One can only imagine the announcement coming out of Durban on

finance (tongue is firmly planted in cheek):

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We have a Green Climate Fund! Theres no money in it, but we have had many really

interesting meetings discussing how it should look, whether the piggy bank should be a pink

one, or perhaps speckled, how big the slot in the top should be to put money in, whether the

tail will be straight or curled. These are important issues.

And the money for the fund? Money? Well of course now we have the right shape for thepiggy bank, we can now spend another year talking about putting money in the fund.

Urgent?

Well you must understand that money is an important issue and these things cant be

rushed. I know we bailed out the banks overnight when they were in trouble, but that was

important.

Message for the dayGet your act together and fill the fund.

What you can do today?

Spread the word about the clean energy way for Japan in Greenpeaces

energy scenario:http://www.greenpeace.org/japan/Global/japan/pdf/er_report.pdf; the

summary is available

here:http://www.greenpeace.org/japan/Global/japan/pdf/er_summary_eng.pdf

Sing the WWF Japan 100% renewables petition calling for a shift from nukes to renewables:

http://www.wwf.or.jp/questionnaire/2011/07/take_action_now_-

_sign_our_petition.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_media&utm_content=

actionpack&utm_campaign=takeaction

Check out the latest blogs and videos the Adopt-A-Negotiator team has posted on their

website (www.adoptanegotiator.org)

Petition asking Australian government to act works towards a global deal on climate change

and supporting innovative sources of financing to assist developing countries adapt to climate

change. http://www.oxfam.org.au/act/take-action/climate-change/2008-08-petition

Other materials:7 reasons why we need a robust and comprehensive climate agreement:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kelly-rigg/7-reasons-we-need-to-keep_b_991654.html

New OECD and IEA report on Fossil Fuel Subsidies- essential reading:http://bit.ly/qOL0Ij

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