On October 18 and 19

Meeting of the Major Economies Forum in London

29 September 2009

UK will host pre-Copenhagen talks. The world’s major economies meet in London in October in an attempt to boost stalling climate negotiations, ’COP 15 Copenhagen’ said.

A meeting of the world’s major economies to boost international negotiations ahead of December’s UN climate change conference in Copenhagen will take place in London on October 18 and 19.

The meeting of the so-called Major Economies Forum (MEF) will cover most of the climate issues discussed in the official UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) talks, the British Department of Energy and Climate Change said in a statement.

Although not an official part of the negotiations, the MEF meeting “will provide valuable contribution toward Copenhagen if developed and developing countries can reach a shared understanding and build consensus on some general principles”, the statement said, and added:

"Real commitment from all countries is needed to secure a breakthrough deal."

A spokeswoman for the department said the MEF was likely to meet again on two occasions before the Copenhagen conference where some 190 nations are set to negotiate a successor to the emissions-capping Kyoto Protocol.

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  • An economy that is pro environment and anti global warming is an economy in which consumerism is at a minimum. Therefore, it is a misconception to suggest that there can be a green economy in our current framework where globalisation is not controlled. This is the danger which the governments that will attend the Copenhagen United Nations’ Climate Change Conference 2009 must contend with

    S. PEREZ-GOLDZVEIG
    THEHOUSEOFBRANCHOFGOLD

  • The London newspaper METRO today 16/11/09 reported that “World leaders have conceded that securing a climate change deal at next month’s Copenhagen conference will be impossible” (Article by Jo Steele)

    The United Kingdom was the first country in the world to pass legislation concerning climate change in the form of the Climate Change Act 2008. This sets a legally binding framework and is “An Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of targeted greenhouse gas emissions; to provide for a system of carbon budgeting; to establish a Committee on Climate Change; to confer powers to establish trading schemes for the purpose of limiting greenhouse gas emissions or encouraging activities that reduce such emissions or remove greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; to make provision about adaptation to climate change; to confer powers to make schemes for providing financial incentives to produce less domestic waste and to recycle more of what is produced; to make provision about the collection of household waste; to confer powers to make provision about charging for single use carrier bags; to amend the provisions of the Energy Act 2004 about renewable transport fuel obligations; to make provision about carbon emissions reduction targets; to make other provision about climate change; and for connected purposes.”

    We invite other countries to consider this Act as a potential basis to adopt the same and/or similar in their jurisdictions so that a worldwide framework is developed to tackle issues relating to climate change reducing the issues for agreement among countries to target setting which may in turn facilitate accord. We (Pysden/Perez-Goldzveig) have produced a contractual world map to show how the obligations under environment/climate change legislation may be distributed throughout the supply chain.

    “CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2008” PLEASE OPEN LINK: http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/pdf/ukpga_20080027_en.pdf

    S. Perez-Goldzveig
    THEHOUSEOFBRANCHOFGOLD
    London

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