Cop17 is a nations meeting between more than 190 countries from over the world to find a solution to the global threat of human-made climate change.Our country was looking forward to acknowledge the process of cop17 to save the environment.International Relations and cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
said SouthAfrica has aimed for a fair deal at the past event of cop17 climate change conference in Durban.
About 200,000 delegates from around the world were expected to gather in durban in less than three weeks time for a meeting which was hosted on South Africa soil for the first time.South Africa was the third African country to host the conference after Moroco, which hosted in Marrakech in 2001 and kenya,which hosted cop16 in Nalrobi in 2006.Delegates at a conference,where 278 municipalities were represented ,was expected to explore how municipal law could address climate change issues.Iterms up for disscission included ,whats being done to develop South africas negotiation position with regards to cop17,the development of the climate change and better ways of protecting it.South Africa was ready to hold the conference,they were three "compiting visions"which should come out of the conference.
- One of them "was to limit durban focus"to the simple implementation of what came out of cop16(the cancun agreements)last year in mexico.
- Among the objectives of the cancun agreements was to mobilise and provide scales-up funds in the short and long term to enable developing countries to take greater and effective action against climate change.
- The other vision was to focus on both cancun agreements and the finalisation of the matters still out standing from the bali roadmap.the The bali road map existed of 2007 consisted of a number of foward-looking decision meant to reacha secure climate future.
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