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Viewing cable 09BANGKOK3034, ASEAN WORKS TOWARD COMMON CLIMATE CHANGE POSITION IN

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09BANGKOK3034 2009-12-01 11:09 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bangkok
VZCZCXRO3863
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM RUEHNH
DE RUEHBK #3034/01 3351109
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 011109Z DEC 09
FM AMEMBASSY BANGKOK
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9136
INFO RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 7538
RUEHSV/AMEMBASSY SUVA 0514
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF INTERIOR WASHINGTON DC
RHMCSUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RHHMUNA/CDR USPACOM HONOLULU HI
RHMFIUU/HQ EPA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BANGKOK 003034 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR OES, SECC 
COMMERCE FOR NOAA 
USDA FOR FAS 
STATE PASS TO USAID 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ENRG KGCC KGHG SENV TH
SUBJECT:  ASEAN WORKS TOWARD COMMON CLIMATE CHANGE POSITION IN 
COPENHAGEN 
 
REF: A) State 120800 (B) Hanoi 1246 (C) Bangkok 0418 
 
1. SUMMARY: As chair of ASEAN Climate Change Working Group, 
Thailand's Environment minister hosted a ministerial on November 29 
that brought ASEAN closer to a common negotiating position for the 
UNFCC Conference of Parties in Copenhagen.  Thailand is circulating 
an ASEAN position paper with request for agreement by December 4. 
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit as ASEAN chair hopes to have the ASEAN 
bloc taken more seriously in the deliberations.  Thailand and a 
majority of ASEAN favor the Ref A Danish proposal for a two step 
agreement to come out of COP-15 in Copenhagen, according to 
Thailand's natural resources minister and chief negotiator. 
Regional leaders welcomed the U.S. and Chinese announcements of 
emissions targets but are still wrestling with their own.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
ASEAN MINISTERIAL SEEKS COMMON POSITION FOR COPENHAGEN 
----------------------- 
2. (SBU) Thai Environment and Natural Resources (MoNRE) Minister 
Suwit Khunkitti, as chair of the ASEAN Ad Hoc Working Group on 
Climate Change, called on short notice a ministerial-level "ASEAN 
Special Meeting on Climate Change" on November 29.  This followed a 
Senior Officials Meeting 9(SOM) on November 28, in Hua Hin, 
Thailand, in conjunction with a SOM of the Mekong River Commission 
(MRC) November 26-28 that already involved Cambodia, Laos and 
Vietnam (Septel). Not present at the November 29 ministerial were 
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.   However, 
Minister Suwit told ESTHoff that the latter four countries had met 
regarding a joint ASEAN climate change position at the APEC summit 
several weeks ago, so they felt they did not need to attend. Suwit 
expressed optimism that ASEAN would endorse the Danish position of 
political declaration first step to a binding treaty later; the 
position would call for immediate financing for the urgent 
adaptation needs of the ASEAN countries. 
 
4. (SBU) Thailand's chief negotiator for COP-15, Areewattana 
Tummakird, told ESTHoff that she would circulate a draft ASEAN 
position on November 30 with a hoped for assent by all 10 by 
December 4. Prime Minister Abhisit then plans to hold a heads of 
state breakfast meeting the morning of December 16 in Copenhagen to 
solidify an ASEAN-wide position.  Areewattana said that this effort 
was designed to remedy the lack of attention that the UN Framework 
Convention on Climate Change negotiators paid to ASEAN as a group 
when compared to negotiating blocs such as AOSIS and the EU. 
Areewattana noted that in considering CO2 emissions and forests, an 
ASEAN bloc would rank only after the China and India in the 
developing world.  ASEAN nations had many differences in their 
relationships to climate change issues, and their emission targets 
would vary widely, but they share vulnerability and the desire to 
have Copenhagen produce concrete mitigation and adaptation action. 
 
5. (SBU) In a meeting with ESTHoff on November 25, Areewattana 
discussed Ref A material on the Danish proposal for two steps to a 
global binding agreement.  She said that Thailand favored a 
political agreement at Copenhagen that would commit nations to 
domestic actions, immediate but flexible, and multi-year financing 
for adaptation, which is the top priority for most ASEAN nations. 
The political agreement could be followed eventually by a binding 
agreement, but Areewattana noted that to reach a binding agreement 
even by 2012 would be challenging.  She said that the six ASEAN 
ministerial representatives agreed to these points in Hua Hin on 
November 29 and she expected the other four to agree. 
 
EMMISSION REDUCTION: HARD FOR THAILAND, EASY FOR INDONESIA 
-------------------- 
6. (SBU) Areewattana said the key for a political agreement in 
Copenhagen was that each country have a credible emissions number. 
She and Minister Suwit expressed satisfaction that the U.S. and 
China had publicized numbers.  She had to admit that Thailand still 
did not have an emissions target; she was still engaged in domestic 
negotiations with other ministries and the private sector.  She 
noted that Thailand's industry is privately owned, and that for 
forest-related mitigation, most forests with potential were in 
private hands. (Note: Thailand is still reforesting for commercial 
production under a 1989 logging ban. End Note.) Areewattana 
contrasted Thailand to Indonesia's situation. Indonesia was able to 
 
BANGKOK 00003034  002 OF 002 
 
 
announce an emissions reduction target because its forests were in 
government hands and it had the MOU with the EU, with a fund to 
finance part of its promised reduction. Minister Suwit noted on 
November 29 that Thailand might not have enough time to reach 
domestic agreement on an emissions number for Copenhagen. 
 
U.S. EMISSIONS ANNOUNCEMENT CREATES POSITIVE CLIMATE 
--------------------------- 
7. (U) At the preceding MRC meeting and during the SOM and 
ministerial, ESTHoff was able to talk informally with a number of 
the officials and from Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam, 
as well as the NGO representatives and diplomats from the nations 
who are donors in Southeast Asia.  Nearly all expressed  optimism 
and relief that the U.S. and China had announced emissions figures 
for Copenhagen.  There appeared to be a new optimism among many 
donor representatives that at least a political agreement was 
possible in Copenhagen. 
 
8. (U) COMMENT: An ASEAN negotiating bloc for COP 15 in Copenhagen 
is logical not only for their forests and aggregate emissions; ASEAN 
coastal megacities are among the most at risk from sea level rise. 
Threatened rice production for the numbers one and two exporters, 
Thailand and Vietnam, is another reason an adaptation action plan 
for ASEAN is key.  While it remains to be seen if Thai Minister 
Suwit can corral an ASEAN negotiating bloc, the USG could consider a 
high level meeting with Prime Minister Abhisit, as ASEAN chair, to 
make dealing with this group more productive.  Thai officials have 
expressed disappointment in the past that the USG did not meet with 
the ASEAN nations as a group during the earlier negotiating meetings 
in Bangkok and Bonn.