SOME MAJOR PROBLEMS TO IMPLEMENTING THE UNFCCC AND ITS KP C. MOUSSOUNDA Gabon Climate Change Focal Point ECBI, OXFORD Wadham College 1 – 8 September 2007

PLAN Context related to the convention and PK Problems to implement convention and Kyoto Protocol Needs according to problems

CONTEXT RELATED TO THE CONVENTION AND PK Convention signed (mainly at Rio de Janeiro) and ratified later; KP ratified; Usually 1 delegate can participate to the UNFCCC meeting when it is possible, even the Secretariat funds it ; When participate to UNFCCC meeting, this is reported back to the country at a high level accompanied by some proposals; Initial National Communication elaborated and contained also proposals; Some other protocol (bilateral) has been signed ; Usually many texts of law in environment remain even ther are out of convention and KP, …

PROBLEMS Climate change appeared to be new : –for certain people, it is only a mess concept (it is mostly for international or developed countries?), it is not a high priority inside some developing countries; –for others, their attitude is due to a lack of deep understanding, there is a need to explaining them (CC is urgent to be tackled); Almost all proposal had no feed back from high decision makers; Very few capacity building on the issue is made: –Some others process linked has had no progress (GHG project) or has been blocked (SCN, other GEF funded projects); Lack of capacity to work in team together within and between institutions; Environmental issue is still being badly perceived; Lack of finance, human resources and materials to be affected to the CC unit if it exists or to the National Climate Focal Point to build organisation;

URGENT NEEDS Real needs to start solving problems are : –Awareness for people, mostly decision makers’ ; –Strengthening institutional capacity building ; –Enforcement of capacity building (policy, scientific, technical, …) ; –Development of technology transfer; –Development of finance mechanisms, …; For mitigation: (high potential of mitigation :forest, petroleum production and industry, waste, …); For adaptation (assessment of vulnerability on health, flood, costal zone, water supply at certain season, agriculture has been done) ;

And your cooperation, … Thank you!