Mindre end fire uger fra åbningen af klimatopmødet i Mexico var der store forventninger til en FN rapport om klimafinansiering. Den blev offentligjort fredag, og konklusionerne var beklagelige, mener ITUC, International Trade Union Confederation.
BRUSSELS, 8 November 2010: “The creation of a high level group to identify innovative sources of finance for climate policies was a positive step, as we believe that a transition to a new low-carbon and climate resilient society can only be achieved through a strong and renewed fiscal system and assistance from developed to developing countries,” said Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the ITUC.
“Above all, we applaud the fact that the group considers that it is a ‘feasible objective’ to find 100 billion USD a year for climate financing, and as such indicates that governments do not have excuses for non-compliance.”
There is, however, an admission in the report that private funds are necessary in order to reach this figure. “We do not agree that private funds are necessary to reach the 100 billion dollar figure, although they are certainly an important part of financing mitigation. But.if we have to rely on private flows to reach this initial and insufficient goal, we are not on the right track,” said Burrow.
Of special concern to ITUC is the all-powerful presence of the World Bank and Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), given higher prominence in the United Nations document than the UN itself. The labour movement’s position is that the funds should be managed through the United Nations with its democratic mandate to decide on climate change financing, not through the World Bank or the MDBs.
