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Der DGB in Kopenhagen - Große Erwartungen im Vorfeld

by Dr. Horst Heuter

On 7 December is the day: The 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) begins in Copenhagen. In advance, we want the main requirements of the DGB and its member unions present.

• A new climate change agreement must be adopted, so that does not exceed the global temperature rise of 2 degrees above pre-industrial level. This means that emissions must be halved worldwide by 2050 compared with 1990 levels at least.
  

Ambitious reduction targets:

• The Kyoto Protocol sets binding emission reductions only for developed countries. Emerging economies and industrialized countries that ratified the agreement does not, do not play a role. A new agreement has to, however, to be effective, both ambitious targets of developed countries , And include climate change targets of emerging and developing countries. This is especially true for emerging countries. While industrialized countries must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in absolute terms (at least 85 percent by 2050), should commit to developing and emerging countries, at least on strategies to a low carbon economy, to keep their expected emission increases in check.

fair burden-sharing:

• Most of the emissions that cause climate change was caused by the industrial countries. From climate change are most affected but the poorest countries in the World. Financial assistance and technology transfer are therefore key to a new climate change agreement, because they help emerging and developing countries adapt to climate change (adaptation) and to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions (mitigation).


• Emissions Trading: EU ETS should be expanded into a global carbon market to prevent possible competitive disadvantages of the EU.


• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should be reformed. States such as India and China should try in future to strengthen their own climate protection efforts before they benefit from transfers from the CDM.

The DGB unterstützt die Vorschläge des Internationalen Gewerkschaftsbundes (IGB), wie:

• Die stärkere Einbeziehung sozialer Themen wie Arbeit, Einkommen und sozialer Gerechtigkeit in das zu verabschiedende Klimaschutzabkommen, insbesondere die Forderung nach „just transition“.


• Stärkere Konsultation der und Dialog mit den relevanten Interessenvertretern einschließlich Gewerkschaften und Arbeitgebern auf internationaler, nationaler, lokaler und sektoraler Ebene.


• Maßnahmen zur Emissionsreduzierung durch die Vermeidung von Abholzung.


• Einbeziehung von Sozialkriterien in die Bewertung und Zulassung von flexiblen Projekten des CDM, des Emissionshandels und von Joint Implementation (JI)


• Einbeziehung von Armutsbeseitigung und Schaffung menschenwürdiger Arbeitsplätze in die Strategien zur Anpassung an den Klimawandel.


• Effektive Technologieentwicklung und –transfer im Rahmen eines „Global Green New Deal“. Es sollen neue grüne Arbeitsplätze geschaffen werden, die den fairen Übergang zu einer treibhausgasarmen und sozial gerechten Gesellschaft fördern. Klimafreundliche Technologien müssen auch Entwicklungsländern zur Verfügung stehen.


• Bereitstellung und Kontrolle finanzieller Ressourcen in einem Weltklimafonds für einen gerechten Klimaschutz.

Ausführliche Erläuterungen to the demands, actions and background, see the following documents.

PDF Download: Background paper by the DGB to COP 15 in Copenhagen
PDF Download: ITUC Statement to COP15 in Copenhagen (English)
PDF Download: transition ITUC leaflet, "A just: a fair pathway to protect the climate "(English)