Steve's blog
15th Nov 2006, 09:52 GMT
Hi! just to let you know what Steve Sawyer, our head of the Greenpeace delegation is up to, I'd like to share one of his updates with you! Dear folks, After a difficult all around start in logistical terms, and the inevitable delays, the COP seems to be off to a pretty positive start. None of the rumored 'poison pills' in the opening plenaries appeared, and the COP/MOP agenda went through quite quickly. The only sour note of the day was at the end of the day when Australia made a big stink insisting the first SBSTA session end precisely at 6 o'clock (the 'new rules') prior to the initial discussion on deforestation. Most countires, including the Africans were quite pissed off with them... As is usually the case, most of the first day was for show: speeches by politicians, press conferences and the posturing. The Kenyan minister's opening speech was excellent and moving...he's a new minister and nobody knows much about him, but he's the same one who came out to meet the Swiss Solar Gen at the pre-COP ministerial in September in Zurich. The Ad Hoc Working group on future commitments gets under way in earnest tomorrow morning, which will no doubt throw up the first sparks. There appears to be positive movement on the resolution fo the dispute on the Adaptation Fund, although it's too early to say that it will in fact be resolved here. The Big Issue, the Article 9 review, hasn't really come into play yet and Article 9 won't until later in the week... There are a surprisingly large number of press here... Steve
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