ASEAN environment ministers meet ahead of COP 15
HUA HIN, Nov 29 (TNA) -- Environment ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ended their two-day meeting Sunday in the Thai resort of Hua Hin and results adopted at the meeting will be submitted to participants attending the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen (COP 15) next month, said Thailand’s Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Suwit Khunkitti.
Mr. Suwit said that the developed countries should also set their targets on reducing gas emissions at the upcoming conference. The Cop 15 Climate Conference will take place between December 7-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Mr. Suwit said ASEAN members had agreed to limit the increase of global average temperatures at not exceeding two degrees Celsius or to limit greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 parts per million (ppm).
However, measure and implementation by each country could be implemented voluntarily and at appropriate level, he said.
ASEAN ministers at the meeting also agreed that the funding level be established in tackling gas emissions in developing countries should be between 0.5-1 per cent of the total gross domestic product of developed nations and most of the fund should be financed by the government, Mr. Suwit added. (TNA)
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