Governments taking part in the United Nations climate talks in Mexico later this month will seek a set of interlocking deals, but a new treaty is unlikely, according to the agency’s climate chief.
A global accord on reducing greenhouse gas emissions “is a complex process and it’s going to be a slow process,” U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres was quoted by Reuters as saying.
In Cancun, governments will try to hammer out climate measures including a new “green fund” to support climate change adaptation in poor nations, methods to protect tropical forests and a new mechanism for promoting clean technologies.
“I don’t hear any party saying that there would be a possibility to only to pick out some of the components and move those forward,” Figueres said. “What I hear from the parties is the need for a balanced package.”
Cancun climate talks, slated for Nov. 29 to Dec. 10, should focus on the creation of a green fund, Mexico’s foreign minister Patricia Espinosa told Reuters on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting.
“We believe a significant outcome in Cancun should focus on providing the means for immediate global action,” Espinosa said, as quoted by Reuters. “There is broad convergence on the creation of a framework that supports actions on adaptation, on the facilitation of the transfer of technology, on support for the conservation of forests, and on the creation of a Green Fund.”
