EU、温室効果ガス削減での途上国への支払いで基金設立を国連に提案2009年09月08日 09:51(日本時間/ロイター)
ロイターが7日に入手した欧州委員会の草案によると、気候変動が穀物や水資源に与える影響を緩和する目的で設立された既存の「適応基金」とは別のものになるという。
EU proposes U.N. war chest for climate funds
The United Nations should set up a war chest to help process the billions of dollars poor countries will be paid to slash their greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union has proposed.
The facility would sit separately from an existing "Adaptation Fund," which aims to soften the impact of climate change on crops and water sources, the executive European Commission added in a draft report, seen by Reuters on Monday.
京都議定書に代わる新たな気候変動枠組みでの合意を目指す、12月の国連気候変動枠組条約締約国会議の成功に向け、EUは数週間以内に開発途上国への金融支援で各国が結束することを期待している。合意に必要だと途上国が主張する資金の徴収・配分に向けた、最初の試みとなる。
The EU hopes to find unity on its financial support for the developing world in coming weeks to boost the chances of success at international climate talks in December in Copenhagen, where countries aim to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The paper is one of the first attempts to deal with the practicalities of collecting and distributing the billions of dollars poor countries say they will need before signing any such deal.
ブラウン英首相は、途上国は2020年までに年間1000億ドルが必要との見方を示した。一方、一部の環境問題専門家は1400億ドル程度と見積もる。エチオピアは、資金が不十分な場合、アフリカ諸国はいかなる合意にも反対するだろうと表明した。
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says $100 billion will be needed annually by poor nations by 2020, but some environmentalists put the figure near $140 billion. Ethiopia says Africa will veto any deal that is not generous enough.
先進国から途上国への資金の流れは、大半が二国間のものになるとみられているが、EUはこうした資金は海運や空運への燃料課税により補完される、と指摘する。欧州委員会は草案で「国連気候変動枠組み条約(UNFCCC)の下に設立する新基金にこの新たな資金調達を委ねるのが自然だろう」との見解を示した。
一方、メキシコは、国連は各国の人口や富裕度、温室効果ガス排出量に応じて資金を徴収すべきと提案している。
Much of the flow of funds from rich to poor nations will be handled bilaterally, but the EU has suggested this money could be supplemented by taxing fuel for ships and aviation. "It could be natural to assign this new finance to a new fund set up under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)," the report added.
The U.N. facility might also channel any money accrued under a Mexican proposal to collect funds according to a formula based on each country's population, wealth and greenhouse gas emissions.
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