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Viewing cable 09BOGOTA3511, Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities,

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09BOGOTA3511 2009-12-07 20:03 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Bogota
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 003511 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN CO
SUBJECT: Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities, 
and Issues 
 
REF: A) WHA/EPSC COLON 12/1 EMAIL; B) BOGOTA 3489; C) BOGOTA 3303 
 
1. (U) Summary.  At the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, 
Environment Minister Carlos Costa will lead the Colombian 
delegation, which includes the Vice Minister of Multilateral 
Affairs, Director of IDEAM (a NOAA-like institution), and other 
advisors.  Per reftels, Colombia will continue to be a strong ally 
within the G-77 seeking to reach a political agreement at 
Copenhagen.  Costa would like the United States to take a more 
"public" stance on its climate change commitments, and proposes the 
U.S. announce either a U.S.-Colombia forest preservation project or 
joint scientific research on carbon sequestration in the Andean 
highlands.  The GOC will not commit to a specific emissions goal, 
but calls for developed nations to do so.  Colombia wants to be 
considered a country vulnerable to climate change, and will push 
for the establishment of a fund for mitigation and adaptation 
projects for non-developed countries.  End Summary. 
 
 
 
2. (SBU) Per reftel A, the following Colombian delegates are 
traveling to Copenhagen: 
 
 
 
Carlos Costa, Minister of Environment; Adriana Mejia, Environment 
Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs; Yadir Salazar, MFA Director 
of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs; Ricardo Lozano, 
Director of IDEAM (Instituto de Hidrologia, Meteorologia y Estudios 
Ambientales); and Advisors from IDEAM and the Ministries of 
Environment, Foreign Relations, Interior, Justice, and Commerce, 
Industry, and Tourism. 
 
3. (SBU) Forestry an Important Theme.  Minister Costa confirmed to 
the DCM that Colombia will be an ally at Copenhagen on issues of 
monitoring, verification and public disclosure of initiatives (ref 
B).  Preservation of forests also will be a key issue for Colombia 
at Copenhagen, due to its large tropical forests and its potential 
to be a market for carbon offsets or REDD program participant. 
Costa urged that the United States announce publicly a joint 
forest-preservation project in one or more of Colombia's national 
parks.  He also offered the idea of announcing a joint scientific 
research on carbon sequestration in the highland paramos. 
 
 
 
4. (U) Finance and Technology.  Colombia supports the establishment 
of finance mechanisms for adaptation and mitigation, specifically a 
US$140 billion per year fund for non-developed countries.  The GOC 
also has made it clear that it considers Colombia a country highly 
vulnerable to climate change, and as such, hopes to be a recipient 
of funds for technology.  Colombia is generally supportive of U.S. 
views on intellectual property rights, but places high importance 
on access to technology for adaptation and mitigation initiatives. 
 
 
 
5. (U) Legal Agreement by mid-2010.  GOC officials have expressed 
disappointment at the likely failure to reach a legally binding 
agreement at Copenhagen, but still want to be a pragmatic partner 
in achieving a strong political agreement at the climate change 
summit.  The MFA publicly announced Colombia's support for the 
Danish-American proposal for a political compromise in a press 
release on December 2.  To preserve Copenhagen's momentum, the GOC 
plans to press for a second meeting to reach a legally-binding 
agreement during the first six months of 2010.  Andrea Garcia, 
Climate Change Office Director at the Ministry of Environment, 
emphasized the importance to conclude a binding agreement before 
several Latin American elections in mid-2010, as changes in 
negotiators and ministers will disrupt the negotiating process. 
 
 
6. (U) Press Focused on U.S. and China.  Moderate press coverage of 
climate change issues has increased in frequency as the Copenhagen 
summit nears.  Opinion pieces in El Tiempo and Cambio magazine's 
online site have proclaimed that Copenhagen's outcome depends 
squarely on emissions reduction commitments by China and the United 
States, which it notes are not sufficient, but better than nothing. 
Most news articles and opinion pieces have echoed officials' 
statements that Colombia is not a contributor to climate change, 
but a victim of it. 
BROWNFIELD