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Highlights from Thursday,
1 March
Above
photo: The G-77/China during the negotiations (Colombia, Iran and
Nigeria)
Delegates
get down to work and begin negotiations. In the morning session
of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts, delegates received revised
sections A (General Considerations) and B (General Principles for
Policy Actions) of the draft Co-Chairs text comprised of views expressed
by delegates. The formal session was immediately adjourned, and
informal consultations followed. These informal consultations continued
during the afternoon and into the evening. In the evening, delegates
began consideration of Secion C on Key Issues.
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A
representative of the NGO Energy and Climate Change Caucus said
he expected CSD-9 to move toward an equitable sustainable development
future with government support for information access. He hoped
for diverse participation by all stakeholders including women in
rural areas, indigenous peoples and integrated sustainable energy
projects. Regarding the negotiations of the expert group, he said
he saw governments moving backwards with the proposed outcome document,
highlighting in particular the discussions on nuclear energy. He
said any attempt to call nuclear technologies sustainable is unacceptable.
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CO-Chair
Irene Irene Freudenschuss Reichl (left); with Joanne DiSano before
the convening of the morning session (right)
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Co-Chairs Irene Freudenschuss Reichl (Austria)
and Mohammad
Reza Salamat (Iran) CO-Chair
Salamat chaired the negotiations of Section A on General Consideraitons,
while CO-Chair Reichl
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Sweden,
South Africa and Saudi Arabia in the morning session; Regarding
a paragraph on action by stakeholders and access to energy, CO-Chair
Salamat introduced a compromise text referring to: investment by
the private sector; a cost-effective mix of energy resources; greater
reliance on advanced energy technologies, including fossil fuel
technologies; and promotion of shared objectives. Norway objected
to wording on "shared" objectives. The G-77/China supported
deleting language on private sector investment. The EU opposed,
and suggested "public and private sectors." The paragraph was approved
with the reference left bracketed.
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Australia,
the US and Japan
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Regarding
the first paragraph on the central role of energy for achieving
the interrelated economic, social and environmental aims of sustainable
development, the US (above center) suggested reference to
"sustainable development" would suffice. Iran, on behalf of the
G-77/China (below), requested deletion of "sustainable,"
while keeping the description of development, stressing that he
considers energy to be central to development, not sustainable development.
CO-Chair Salamat said this discussion takes place in the context
of sustainable development and delegates agreed to adopt the paragraph
with this formulation.
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Colombia,
Argentina and Iran consult during the negotiations; the G-77/China
said he insisted on reference to "new and additional" financial
resources as a requirement in this context. The US, supported by
Australia, said the issue is addressed in later sections of the
document, and should be discussed only once in this context. G-77/China
agreed and the point will be resolved later.
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After
receiving the compilation text, G-77/China members huddle to discuss
their position on the new text.
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Argentina
intervenes on a procedural question; members of the German delegation
review the revised text in the morning
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The
G-77/China in a huddle after receiving the revised draft of the
text
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Above
Photos: Sudan and Guyana; Iran speaks with an NGO; and the delegation
of Guyana
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