UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ll RELEASED IN FULL Printed By Su an T Wickwire x74069 ORIGrn OEs O9 HIFO LOG-00 ACOA-10 ACDE-00 CIAE-00 COME-00 OASY-00 EB-01 t UR-01 E-00 L-01 ADS-00 NSAE-00 PRS-00 SP-00 SS0-00 027R PMB-00 G-00 AID-00 OINT-00 H-01 NSCE-00 SS-00 AMAD-01 DODE-00 TEDE-00 NSF-01 T-00 SMI-00 DOEE-00 INR-00 OIC-02 USIE-00 CEQ-00 SRPP-00 10-00 PM-00 EPAE-00 URAFTF IJ-BY OES EGC $WICKWIRE l'PROVED BY EUR ERA BSAMUELS f ES EGC DREIFSNYDER l UR WE ESWEENEY JNOYES l IIR WE AACI-IACON l IJR UBI JBASS r lJR WE ARAffERTY EUR ER EJRUETER l llll SE _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ JAOBlB 1622382 38 r R f62234Z FEB 96 fM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY ATHENS PRIORITY AMEHBASSY DUBLIN PRIORITY AMEMBASSV LISBON PRIORITY AMEHBASSY MADRID PRIORITY AMEMBASSY ROHE PRIORITY INFO USMISSION GENEVA i ' IISEll BRUSSELS CONFIDENTIAL STATE 032122 E O 12958 DECL OAOR TAGS SENV KSEA EI SP IT PO GR EUN SIJO JECT NEXT STEPS ON POLICIES AND MEASURES UNDER THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE Cf JANGE U S QUESTIONS I U CLASSIFIED BY DANIEL REIFSNYDER DIRECTOR OES EGC DEPT Of STATE REASON 1 5 D 2 U THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST SEE PARAGRAPH 8 3 U THE PARTIES TO THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT THEIR FIRST MEETING Of TIIE CONFERENCE Of THE PARTIES IN BERLIN IN -APRIL 1995 DECIDED TO BEGIN A PROCESS TO DEVELOP NEXT STEPS TO STRENGTHEN THE CONVENTION AS PART OF THEIR DECISION ON THIS PROCESS THE PARTIES CHOSE TO FOCUS ON TWO PARTICULAR ASPECT Of DEVELOPED COUNTRY ACTION l ELABORATING ON POLICIES ANO MEASURES THAT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES HIGHT IMPLEMENT AND 2 SETTING QUANTIFIED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION LIMITATION AND REDUCTION OBJECTIVES r r 1 · - U THE PARTIES ESTABLISHED AN AD HOC GROUP CALLEO TIIE AD HOC GROUP ON THE BERLIN MANDATE OR AGBH TO MEGOTIATE THESE NEXT STEPS TO DATE THE AGBM HAS HELD TWO HEETINGS AND IS SCHEDULED TO HOLD ITS THIRD SESSION FROM MARCH 5-8 1996 IN GENEVA AT THE MARCH MEETING AN INTENSE FOCUS IS EXPECTED TO BE PLACED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION ON ITEM 1 - POLICIES AND MEASURES THE POSITION TAKEN BY THE EUROPEAN UNION ON THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN THAT HANY POLICIES CAN ONLY BE SUCCESSFULLY HPLEHENTED IF THEY ARE HARHONIZED ACROSS COUNTRIES LE THE SAHE MEASURE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF COMMITMENT lS UNDERTAKEN BY All COUNTRIES 4 _ r U WE UNDERSTAND AN EFFORT IS NOW UNDERWAY TO VELOP A SPECIFIC LIST OF POLICIES AND MEASURES THAT ' UNITED STATESDEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ALAN H FLANIGAN DATE CASE ID 15 MAR 2011 201005682 CONflOENT Al l ' ·1 Jf ' ✓• - 9· UNCLASSIFIED '- - - UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL Printed By Susan T Wickwire x74069 MIGHT BE PROPOSED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO BE ADOPTED BY lHE PARTIES FOR COMMON ACTION WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IN ITS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT Of THE EU IS COORDlNATING THIS EffORT AND HAS DEVELOPED A PAPER OK WHICH MEMBER STATES ARE SEING ASKEO TO COMMENT A FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER AND IF SO HOW TO PROCEED ON THIS ISSUE WILL BE TAKEN AT THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING ON MARCH 4 1996 C THE UNITED STATES rs EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THE PROCESS BEING USEO TO CONSIDER VARIOUS OPTIONS fOR COMMON ACTION BASED ON OUR INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH EU MEMBERS STATES ANO OUR OWN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ISSUE INTERNALLY WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THINKING ON THIS ISSUE HAS ONLY CONSIDERED ADVANTAGES Of COMMONALITY - AND HAS NOT CONSIDERED SOME OF THE POTENTIAL PITFALLS IN OUR VIEW IT WILL BE ESSENTIAL THAT WHATEVER ACTIONS ARE AGREED HAVE THE BROADEST POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT - AND THAT ANY OBSTACLES BE CONSIDERED ANO MEASURES SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO OVERCOME SUCH CONCERNS 6 7 C WE ARE NOT READY AT THIS TIHE FOR THE INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS CABLE TO BE SHARED OUTSIDE THE TARGETTED HOST COUNTRIES C ACTION REQUEST DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THAT POSTS CONVEY THE QUESTIONS IN•PARA 10 TO HOST GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE INTERLOCUTORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION USG WOULD BE INTERESTED IN REACTION TO THESE CONCERNS -ANO IN KNOWING IF THESE CONCERNS HAVE BEEN RAISED IN EU DISCUSSIONS DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE POLICIES AND MEASURES ISSUE PLEASE SLUG ANY REPLIES TO OES EGC AND TO U S MISSION GENEVA FOR ATTENTION Of U S CLIMATE DELEGATION 8 9 C CONFIDENTIAL FYI WE HOPE THAT THE ADDRESSEE COUNTRIES THE SOUTHERN TIER IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND • IRELAND WILL BE RECEPTIVE TO OUR CONCERNS AS IN OUR VIEW MANY OF THE PROPOSALS LIKELY TO EMERGE FROM THE INTERNAL EU DEBATE WILL HAVE POTENTIALLY DISPROPORTIONATELY NEGATIVE IHPLICATIONS FOR THIS GROUP OF COUNTRIES FOR EXAMPLE THIS GROUP OF COUNTRIES PROJECTS ITS EMISSIONS TO GROW SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE NEXT DECADE AND THEREFORE COULD BE EXPECTED TO INCUR SIGNIFICANr·cosrs IN MEETING A TARGET SET BY NORTHERN EUROPE WHOSE EMISSIONS ARE STEADY OR EVEH DECLINING WE SEEK TO CREATE A MOVEMENT WITHIN THE EU TO HOVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY TOWARD A MORE CENrRIST STANCE AND AWAY FROK SOM£ OF THE HORE EXTREME- POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE SCANDINAVIANS AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN MEMBERS IN ADDITION WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ITALIANS WERE SOLICITING COMMENTS ON THE EU PAPER BY COB fRIOAY FEBRUARY 16 WE BELIEVE THAT If OUR CONCERNS WERE RELAYED TO tNTERLOCUTORS EVEN DURING THE NEXT WEEK THEY HIGHT FIND THEIR WAY INTO HOST GOVERNMENT COMMENTS BEING SENT TO THE PRESIDENCY AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY INFLUENCING THE MINlSTERIAL DISCUSSION IN EARLY MARCH END FYI C U S QUESTIONS lO - IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY COMMON ACTION HAS- THE ISSUE OF WHETHER THE MEASURE WILL HAVE EQUAL COSTS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS BEEN CONSIDERED -- HAVE THE ADVANTAGES OF UNILATERAL ACTION IN WHICH EACH COUMTRV UNDERTAKES THE HEASURE THROUGH OOHESTIC CHANNELS BEEN CONTRASTED WITH FULL HARMONIZATION IS fHERE ANY DIFFERENCE IN EFFECTIVENESS CONFIDENTIAL 2 UNCLASSIFIED ' UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL Printed By Susan T Wickwire x74069 -- HAVE THE NET GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS· FROM HARHONIZEO MEASURES ON A COST TON BASIS BEEN COHSIOERED ARE THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE MEASURES BEING PRIORITIZED - ARE ACTIONS BEST TAKEN BY ALL ANNEX l PARTIES - OR ONLY ON A REGIONAL BASIS WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF A SUB-GROUP OF ANNEX I ARE SUCH REGIONAL ADVANTAGES BEING EVALUATED - IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LEAKAGE WITH NON-ANNEX I PARTIES BEING CONSIDERED WHAT HAPPENS TO TRADE IN THE SECTORS WHICH ADOPT HARMONIZED MEASURES WITHIN ANNEX I IF OEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE A LARGE COMPONENT OF THE COMMERCE - HAVE IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS FOR SUCH COMMON ACTIONS BEEN DEVELOPED WILL CENTRALIZED INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS BE REQUIRED TO OVERSEE PROGRAMS AND WHO WILL BEAR COSTS OF MAINTAINING SUCH INSTITUTIONS CHRISTOPHER CONFIDENTIAL 3 UNCLASSIFIED - 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