China provided a nine page position paper on climate change.
Here are the highlights
* If the developed countries are serious about this then fund it at least to the level of anti-poverty to 1% of GDP in the long run (a $100 billion pledge to the same fund should be reached by $10 billion increments, starting from a $40 billion floor this year)
* the promised $100 billion in annual climate financing that Western nations have already pledged to developing countries for carbon emission control and other actions by 2020 is only the "starting point" for additional Western financial commitments that must be laid out in a "clear road map," which includes "specific targets, timelines and identified sources;"
* Western countries also need to remove “obstacles such as IPRs [intellectual property rights]” to “promote, facilitate and finance the transfer” of “technologies and know-how” to developing countries in advance of any future climate deal;
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Here are the highlights
* If the developed countries are serious about this then fund it at least to the level of anti-poverty to 1% of GDP in the long run (a $100 billion pledge to the same fund should be reached by $10 billion increments, starting from a $40 billion floor this year)
* the promised $100 billion in annual climate financing that Western nations have already pledged to developing countries for carbon emission control and other actions by 2020 is only the "starting point" for additional Western financial commitments that must be laid out in a "clear road map," which includes "specific targets, timelines and identified sources;"
* Western countries also need to remove “obstacles such as IPRs [intellectual property rights]” to “promote, facilitate and finance the transfer” of “technologies and know-how” to developing countries in advance of any future climate deal;
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