Over forty CEMS Masters in International Management students gathered in Barcelona from 19-20 May 2011 for the third annual CEMS Model UNFCCC. The block seminar is the culmination of a Climate Change Strategy Roleplay course, which involves students from the University of St Gallen, ESADE Barclona, the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Cologne. oikos Student Reporters blogged live from the negotiations to demonstrate the role of the mass media.

The output document of the model, which was not adopted in the final vote, is available here.

For more information about the CEMS Model UNFCCC organisers, please see the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St Gallen.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Debriefing


Although the students did not reach the consensus, they have learned a lot. The real climate negotiations also reflect complex nature of commitments. During this session students watched the video from the UNFCCC debate. Having seen political debates, the students realized that there are many similarities.


Thank you very much for your participation!
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Breaking news: No agreement signed.

No agreement was signed. No Protocol, no Accord, nothing. 40 delegates flew to Barcelona, emitting hundreds of tonnes of dioxide and spending over 100 days worth of their time (in total), for an session which had no agreement at all. 

Even Copenhagen was better than this.
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German statement

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Final vote session

Numerous representatives had reservations and questions during the voting. The adaptation group's proposal was accepted by consensus with the additional footnote from Bolivia. However, delegates could not agree to the mitigation proposal. Grenada and Tuvalu proposed to remove the mitigation section from the protocol which was rejected by the President. The countries rejected noting in the protocol that they disagreed with this part.

Having announced the break, President consulted the experts. In the meantime, countries continued discussing proposals. After the technical break, President announced that the protocol will be replaced by non-legally binding call.

The trading part was accepted by consensus. President proposed to take mitigation part as not legally binding ESADE accord which was rejected.
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The most problematic countries..


Tuvalu and Genada being the most problematic countries of the negotiation. They think that the promise that lowering down to 1.5 degrees is short term promise to make them negotiate. According to the statement of Tuvalu Representative they are here to survive, if they don't agree on 1.5 degree Tuvalu will disappear and they'll become refugees in Australia


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From the break:

German delegate doubts in the agreement and worries about this family situation after hurricane.











Australia and Switzerland explain their positions.






Papua New Guinea persuading fellow AOSIS delegates.
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Latest press statement!

"We are very pleased to announce that we have reached a very satisfactory multinational agreement on the further development and implementation of the Carbon Capture and Storage technology. We believe that this technology will bring us a large step further in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. We will take action on this independently of any agreements reached today, but we invite all interested countries to join us in our efforts."


/Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Venezuela, South Africa, Mexico, Saudi Arabia/
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