E81 UNCLASSIFIED t CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION OES-01 TOKYO INFO ACDA-08 SMEC-00 SRPP-00 FBIE-00 ITC-01 OPIC-01 SS-00 NISC-00 028W LOG-00 CIAE-00 ANHR-01 E-00 IO-00 OMB-01 SSO-OO SNIS-00 SAS-00 07312 01 OF 02 ACDE-00 COME-00 DS-00 FRB-00 L-01 PA-00 STR-00 PMB-00 PTQ1720 100237Z AGRE-00 CTME-00 EAP-01 H-01 ADS-00 PM-00 TRSE-00 DSCC-00 AID-00 SCBE-00 EB-00 IM-01 NSAE-00 PRS-00 T-00 DRL-04 68CAC4 ACQ-01 DINT-00 EUR-01 TEDE-00 NSF-01 P-00 USIE-00 G-00 CEA-01 DODE-OO EXIM-01 INR-00 OIC-02 SP-00 EPAE-00 NFAT-00 100237Z 38 P 100237Z SEP 98 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3996 INFO WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY DOE WASHDC PRIORITY __ __ _ _ ____ ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY KIEV CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 007312 STATE FORE OES OES EGC EAP J WHITE HOUSE FOR CEQ AND NSC CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 07312 01 OF 02 EPA FOR OPPE AND OAR DOE FOR HASPEL PO-2 BRADLEY PO-63 100237Z E O 12958 DECL 09 02 99 TAGS SENV ENRG PREL JA SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE OES ACTING A S KIMBLE BRIEFS JAPANESE ON CHINA AND KOREA VISITS REF CANBERRA 3283 1 U CLASSIFIED BY JAMES H HALL EST MINISTER COUNSELOR REASON 1 5 D 2 Q SUMMARY OES ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MELINDA KIMBLE ENGAGED IN A LIVELY WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY ALAN H FLANIGAN DATE CASE ID 02 MAR 2011 200805570 UNCLASSIFIED FULL SEPTEMBER 5 WITH TAKAYUKI KIMURA GOJ AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBA ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDED HER UNCLASSIFIED CLIMATE-CHANGE FOCUSED TRIP TO CHINA AND KOREA AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ IN THE RUN UP TO COPIN BUENOS AIRES KIMBLE NOTED THAT CHINA AND KOREA WERE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE ON THESE ISSUES BUT HAD PRESENTED NO IDEAS FOR ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD SHE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR CLOSE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE U S AND JAPAN WHOM SHE AND KIMURA AGREED ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS OVERALL TO REJECT SUCH UNHELPFUL PROPOSALS AS THE EUROPEAN PROPOSAL FOR CAPS ON EMISSION TRADING BOTH NOTED THE COMPLEXITIES OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL FACTORS IN THE U S JAPAN AND THE EU AS WELL AS OTHERS AND THE NEED TO MOVE THE COP PROCESS DELIBERATELY FORWARD TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OFTEN CONFLICTING DYNAMICS INVOLVED BOTH AGREED THAT THE MAJOR GOAL FOR COP-4 SHOULD BE TO SET A WORK PLAN WITH A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 07312 01 OF 02 100237Z CONCRETE TIMETABLE FOR COMPLETION OF NEGOTIATIONS ON IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF A GLOBAL IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR THE KYOTO PROTOCOL END SUMMARY U S OVERVIEW ON EVE OF MINISTERIAL MEETING KIMBLE BEGAN WITH A DISCUSSION OF HER TRIP TO CHINA AND KOREA SHE NOTED THE WILLINGNESS OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES AND OBSERVED THAT CHINA'S SENDING A VICE FOREIGN MINISTER TO TOKYO FOR THE UPCOMING TALKS WAS POSITIVE AS WAS SHE HOPED THE DESIGNATION OF THE STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING COUNCIL AS THE LEAD WITH A VICE MINISTER TO LEAD THE PRC DELEGATION TO BUENOS AIRES SHE TOLD KIMURA THAT HER MESSAGE THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH WAS NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS RESONATED BETTER IN KOREA THAN IT DID IN CHINA STILL THE MOOD IN CHINA HAD IMPROVED SINCE LAST YEAR WITH THE CHINESE AT LEAST WILLING TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE KIMBLE SAID THE CHINESE HAD WANTED TO TALK ABOUT ACTIVITIES IMPLEMENTED JOINTLY DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD KILLED JOINT IMPLEMENTATION JI AT KYOTO THE TOPIC NOW TO BE ADDRESSED SHE TOLD THEM WAS THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CDM SHE ALSO NOTED THAT CHINA AND KOREA HAD AGREED TO SET UP WORKING GROUPS OF EXPERTS WITH THE U S TO EXAMINE THESE ISSUES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THEIR ECONOMIES SHE ALSO NOTED THAT AN UPCOMING CLIMATE CHANGE SEMINAR IN MONTANA WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IDEAS WITH THE CHINESE IN PARTICULAR AS WOULD THE LATER OTTAWA MEETING 3 C ls 4 C A S KIMBLE SAID THAT A KEY CHALLENGE FOR THE U S UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIALXJN CLAS SIFIED PAGE '04 TOKYO 07312 01 OF 02 100237Z AND JAPAN WAS HOW TO DEFUSE THE CONFRONTATIONAL NATURE OF THE G-77 WE MUST TRY TO MAKE THE G-77 MORE COMFORTABLE SHE TOLD KIMURA WE NEED TO WORK IN A NUMBER OF AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT INCREASED EDUCATION OF GOVERNMENTS IS A KEY THEME IN ADDITION TO EMPHASIZING THAT GROWTH AND REDUCED EMISSIONS ARE MUTUALLY SUPPORTING NOT MUTUALLY CONFLICTING WE MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS AND TRADE ARE IN THEIR NATIONAL INTERESTS AND CAN BRING INCREASED INVESTMENT THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE OCCUR SOME G-77 COUNTRIES LIKE ARGENTINA AND CHILE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS AND HENCE ACCESS TO BENEFITS SUCH AS AN EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM POSITIVELY 5 C AS KIMBLE ALSO DISCUSSED CONTINUED U S EFFORTS INCLUDING WORKSHOPS IN EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS SUCH AS POLAND AND HUNGARY THAT WE SEE AS IMPORTANT POTENTIAL ALLIES AND BENEFICIARIES THESE NATIONS STAND TO BE TARGETS FOR SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS RESULTING FROM EMISSIONS TRADING AND CDM THEIR KEY MINISTERS ARE HOWEVER OFTEN NOT UP TO SPEED ON THESE ISSUES AND WE MUST WORK TO EDUCATE THEIR GOVERNMENTS 6 C A VITAL IMMEDIATE TASK AS KIMBLE TOLD KIMURA FOR THE U S AND JAPAN AS THE KEY MEMBERS OF THE UMBRELLA GROUP AND ITS OTHER MEMBERS IS HOW TO MINIMIZE OPPOSITION TO THE CDM JI AND EMISSIONS TRADING IN THE 2000 - 2008 PERIOD THE EUROPEANS ARE TRYING TO PLACE UNHELPFUL CAPS AND TO ATTACK FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS UK DPM PRESCOTT HAD CONFIDENTIAL « END OF DOCUMENT » CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION OES-01 INFO LOG-00 CIAE-00 ANHR-01 E-00 10-00 OMB-01 SSO-OO SNIS-00 SAS-00 TOKYO 07312 ACDA-08 SMEC-00 SRPP-00 FBIE-00 ITC-01 OPIC-01 SS-00 NISC-00 028W 02 OF 02 ACDE-00 COME-00 DS-00 FRB-00 L-01 PA-00 STR-00 PMB-00 PTQ1721 100237Z AGRE-00 CTME-00 EAP-01 H-01 ADS-00 PM-00 TRSE-00 DSCC-00 AID-00 SCBE-00 EB-00 IM-01 NSAE-00 PRS-00 T-00 DRL-04 ACQ-01 DINT-00 EUR-01 TEDE-00 NSF-01 P-00 USIE-00 G-00 UNCLASSIFIED CEA-01 DODE-OO EXIM-01 INR-00 OIC-02 SP-00 EPAE-00 NFAT-00 68CACB 100238Z 38 P 100237Z SEP 98 UNCLASSIFIED FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3997 INFO WHITEHOUSE WASHDC PRIORITY HQEPA WASHDC PRIORITY DOE WASHDC PRIORITY ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE PRIORITY AMEMBASSY CANBERRA AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON AMEMBASSY KIEV CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 02 OF 02 TOKYO 007312 STATE FOR E OES OES EGC EAP J WHITE HOUSE FOR CEQ AND NSC CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 07312 02 OF 02 EPA FOR OPPE AND OAR DOE FOR HASPEL PO-2 BRADLEY PO-63 100237Z E O 12958 DECL 09 02 99 TAGS SENV ENRG PREL JA SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE OES ACTING A S KIMBLE BRIEFS JAPANESE ON CHINA AND KOREA VISITS REF CANBERRA 3283 PRESSED CAPS DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA PRIOR TO HERS THE U S AND JAPAN NEED TO WORK CLOSELY TO PERSUADE G-77 NATIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL ALLIES WITHIN EUROPE ITSELF SUCH AS GREECE PORTUGAL AND SPAIN WHERE SUCH LIMITS WILL DEPRIVE THEM OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AS WELL AS MEET DOMESTIC EMISSION GOALS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT POLITICS SUCH AS THE GERMAN AND AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS WERE COMPLICATING FACTORS 7 C THAT BEING SAID AS KIMBLE EMPHASIZED THAT MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE IN MANY AREAS SUCH AS CREATING THE NEEDED FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS FOR TRADING CDM AND JI AS WELL AS SETTING AND MEASURING APPROPRIATE BASELINES LOOKING TO COP4 SHE SAID THAT A REALISTIC GOAL WOULD BE TO COME OUT OF THE MEETING WITH A WORK PLAN INCLUDING AN OUTLINE OF TASKS TO BE COMPLETED BY COP-5 AND COP-6 SHE AGREED WITH KIMURA THAT THERE WAS LITTLE TO BE GAINED BY CONFRONTATION WITH EITHER THE LDCS OR THE EUROPEANS A LET'S-GET-SOMETHINGDONE APPROACH MADE MUCH MORE SENSE UNCLASSIFIED GOJ EMPHASIZES CLOSE COORDINATION UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 07312 02 OF 02 100237Z 8 C KIMURA SAID HE APPRECIATED GREATLY AS KIMBLE'S STOPOVER ON HER WAY BACK FROM BEIJING AND SEOUL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WHAT THE GOJ SEES AS THE KEY PROCESS OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT NATIONS WORKING TO MAKE KYOTO A SUCCESS THE GOJ AND THE USG SAW THE BIG PICTURE ON THE NEED FOR FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AND THAT THE GOJ WAS DETERMINED TO STAND WITH THE U S ON THE KEY ISSUES HE WAS PLEASED WITH KIMBLE'S COMMENTS ON HER CHINA KOREA TRIP AND WITH CONTINUING EVIDENCE THAT BOTH COUNTRIES WISHED TO CONTINUE A DIALOGUE HE WAS ALSO IMPRESSED BY U S EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS IN EASTERN EUROPE SUCH AS THE WARSAW WORKSHOP AND ASKED TO BE KEPT CLOSELY INFORMED OF WHERE WE WERE GOING 9 C THE GOJ IS KEENLY AWARE OF THE POLITICAL COMPLEXITIES IN MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U S IN JAPAN THERE WAS FOR EXAMPLE SOME HESITANCY ABOUT TRADING EITHER DOMESTICALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY CERTAIN PARTS OF MITI AND OTHER AGENCIES PREFERRED A REGULATORY APPROACH AT THE MOMENT THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY WAS SEIZED WITH PASSING KYOTORELATED LEGISLATION THROUGH THE DIET SO HE HOPED THAT THE USG WOULD UNDERSTAND IF THE GOJ WAS A BIT SLOWER IN RESPONDING TO CERTAIN U S PROPOSALS SUCH AS THOSE RELATED TO THE UMBRELLA HE ALSO ASKED FOR SUGGESTIONS ON PEOPLE IN THE U S TO WHOM HE MIGHT REFER AN ASAHI COLUMNIST FOR AN EDUCATION ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF VARIOUS RESEARCH BEING DONE ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADING AND CDM 10 C AS NOTED ABOVE KIMURA THOUGHT LITTLE WAS TO BE GAINED BY CONFRONTATION WITH THE LDCS OR THE EUROPEANS AT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 TOKYO 07312 02 OF 02 100237Z BUENOS AIRES HE ALSO URGED FOCUS ON COMPROMISE WITH THE EUROPEANS ON THE QUESTIONS ON WHICH THERE IS DISAGREEMENT HE NOTED FOR EXAMPLE THAT HE THOUGHT IT UNWISE TO PUSH FOR TRADING WITHOUT AGREEMENT RESTING THE LEGAL CASE ON ARTICLE 17 THE GOJ COULD ADVANCE AN ARGUMENT BASED ON ARTICLE 4 ALTHOUGH KIMURA WAS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO PERFORM IS UNCERTAIN AT BEST KIMURA CAUTIONED HOWEVER THAT WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IS AGREEMENT AND THAT ANTAGONIZING THE EUROPEANS AND OTHERS WITH TOO FINE A LEGAL ARGUMENT COULD BACKFIRE HE ENDED BY REAFFIRMING THAT THE GOJ AND USG NEED TO STAND TOGETHER UNCLASSIFIED XI U OES AA S KIMBLE HAS CLEARED THIS MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED LAFLEUR CONFIDENTIAL « END OF DOCUMENT » UNCLASSIFIED DRAFT FOLLOWS UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ5837 PAGE 01 TOKYO 07252 01 OF 02 080738Z ACTION OES-01 RELEASED IN FULL INFO LOG-OO AM AD-01 TEDE-00 ADS-00 ONY-OO SSO-OO SAS-00 002W 67E16F 080739Z 38 P 080740Z SEP 98 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3909 CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 02 TOKYO 007252 OFFICIAL-INFORMAL ' FOR OES ACTING A S KIMBLE FROM EST MINCOUNS HALL E 0 12958 DECL 09 08 03 TAGS AMGT JA SUBJECT OFFICIAL-INFORMAL 1 U CLASSIFIED BY JAMES H HALL EST MINISTER COUNSELOR REASON 1 5 D 2 C FOLLOWING IS A DRAFT REPORT ON HER 9 5 MEETING WITH MOFA AMB KIMURA FOR AA S KIMBLE'S COMMENTS AND CLEARANCE BEGIN TEXT REF CANBERRA 3283 SUBJECT CLIMATE CHANGE ACTING A S KIMBLE BRIEFS JAPANESE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 07252 01 OF 02 080738Z ON CHINA AND KOREA VISIT 1 U CLASSIFICATION INFORMATION AS ABOVE 2 C OES ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MELINDA KIMBLE ENGAGED IN A LIVELY WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION SEPTEMBER 5 WITH TAKAYUJI KIMURA GOJ AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS SUBJECTS DISCUSSED INCLUDED HER CLIMATE-CHANGE FOCUSED TRIP TO CHINA AND KOREA AND COORDINATION BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ IN THE RUNUP TO COP-4 IN BUENOS AIRES KIMBLE NOTED THAT CHINA AND KOREA WERE WILLING TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE ON THESE ISSUES BUT HAD PRESENTED NO IDEAS FOR ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD SHE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR CLOSE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE U S AND JAPAN WHOM SHE AND KIMURA AGREED ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PLAYERS OVERALL TO REJECT SUCH UNHELPFUL PROPOSALS AS THE EUROPEAN PROPOSAL FOR CAPS ON EMISSION TRADING BOTH NOTED THE COMPLEXITIES OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL FACTORS IN THE U S JAPAN AND THE EU AS WELL AS OTHERS AND THE NEED TO MOVE REVIEW AUTHORITY Adolph Eisner Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 THE COP PROCESS DELIBERATELY FORWARD TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE OFTEN CONFLICTING DYNAMICS INVOLVED BOTH AGREED THAT THE MAJOR GOAL FOR COP-4 SHOULD BE TO SET A WORK PLAN WITH A CONCRETE TIMETABLE FOR COMPLETION OF NEGOTIATIONS ON IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF A GLOBAL IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT FOR THE KYOTO PROTOCOL END SUMMARY U S OVERVIEW ON EVE OF MINISTERIAL MEETING 3 C AS KIMBLE BEGAN WITH A DISCUSSION OF HER TRIP TO CHINA AND KOREA SHE NOTED THE WILLINGNESS OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE ON CLIMATE-CHANGE ISSUES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 07252 01 OF 02 080738Z AND OBSERVED THAT CHINA'S SENDING A VICE FOREIGN MINISTER TO TOKYO FOR THE UPCOMING TALKS WAS POSITIVE AS WAS SHE HOPED THE DESIGNATION OF THE STATE PLANNING COUNCIL AS THE LEAD WITH A VICE MINISTER TO LEAD THE PRC DELEGATION TO BUENOS AIRES SHE TOLD KIMURA THAT HER MESSAGE THAT ECONOMIC GROWTH WAS NOT INCOMPATIBLE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS RESONATED BETTER IN KOREA THAN IT DID IN CHINA STILL THE MOOD IN CHINA HAD IMPROVED SINCE LAST YEAR WITH THE CHINESE AT LEAST WILLING TO ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE KIMBLE SAID THE CHINESE HAD WANTED TO TALK ABOUT Jl DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY HAD KILLED Jl AT KYOTO THE TOPIC NOW TO BE ADDRESSED SHE TOLD THEM WAS CDM SHE ALSO NOTED THAT CHINA AND KOREA HAD AGREED TO SET UP WORKING GROUPS OF EXPERTS WITH THE U S TO EXAMINE THESE ISSUES AND THEIR EFFECT ON THEIR ECONOMIES SHE ALSO NOTED THAT AN UPCOMING CLIMATECHANGE SEMINAR IN MONTANA WOULD BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS IDEAS WITH THE CHINESE IN PARTICULAR AS WOULD THE LATER OTTAWA MEETING 4 C A S KIMBLE SAID THAT A KEY CHALLENGE FOR THE U S AND JAPAN WAS HOWTO DEFUSE THE CONFRONTATIONAL NATURE OF THE G-77 WE MUST TRY TO MAKE THE G-77 MORE COMFORTABLE SHE TOLD KIMURA WE NEED TO WORK IN A NUMBER OF AREAS IN PARTICULAR BUT INCREASED EDUCATION OF GOVERNMENTS IS A KEY THEME IN ADDITION TO EMPHASIZING THAT GROWTH AND REDUCED EMISSIONS ARE MUTUALLY SUPPORTING NOT MUTUALLY CONFLICTING WE MUST DEMONSTRATE THAT FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS AND TRADE ARE IN THEIR NATIONAL INTERESTS AND CAN BRING INCREASED INVESTMENT THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE OCCUR SOME G-77 COUNTRIES LIKE ARGENTINA AND CHILE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY OF VOLUNTARY COMMITMENTS AND HENCE ACCESS TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 04 TOKYO 07252 01 OF 02 080738Z BENEFITS SUCH AS AN EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM POSITIVELY 5 C AS KIMBLE ALSO DISCUSSED CONTINUED U S EFFORTS INCLUDING WORKSHOPS IN EASTERN EUROPEAN NATIONS SUCH AS POLAND AND HUNGARY THAT WE SEE AS IMPORTANT POTENTIAL ALLIES AND BENEFICIARIES THESE NATIONS STAND TO BE TARGETS FOR SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS RESULTING FROM EMISSIONS TRADING AND UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 CDM THEIR KEY MINISTERS ARE HOWEVER OFTEN NOT UP TO SPEED ON THESE ISSUES AND WE MUST WORK TO EDUCATE THEIR GOVERNMENTS 6 C A VITAL IMMEDIATE TASK AS KIMBLE TOLD KIMURA IS THE QUESTION FOR THE U S AND JAPAN AS THE KEY MEMBERS OF THE UMBRELLA GROUP AND ITS OTHER MEMBERS IS HOWTO MINIMIZE OPPOSITION TO THE CDM IN THE 2000 - 2008 PERIOD THE EUROPEANS ARE TRYING TO PLACE UNHELPFUL CAPS ON THE MECHANISMS AND TO ATTACK FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS UK DPM PRESCOTT HAD PRESSED CAPS DURING HIS VISIT TO CHINA PRIOR TO HERS THE U S AND JAPAN NEED TO WORK CLOSELY TO PERSUADE GCONFIDENTIAL « END OF DOCUMENT » CONFIDENTIAL PTQ5838 PAGE 01 TOKYO 07252 02 OF 02 080739Z ACTION OES-01 INFO LOG-OO AMAD-01 TEDE-00 ADS-00 ONY-OO SSO-OO SAS-00 002W 67E178 080739Z 38 P 080740Z SEP 98 FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3910 CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 02 OF 02 TOKYO 007252 OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR OES ACTING A S KIMBLE FROM EST MINCOUNS HALL E 0 12958 DECL 09 08 03 TAGS AMGT JA SUBJECT OFFICIAL-INFORMAL 77 NATIONS AS WELL AS POTENTIAL ALLIES WITHIN EUROPE ITSELF SUCH AS GREECE PORTUGAL AND SPAIN WHO SUCH LIMITS WILL DEPRIVE THEM OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT AS WELL AS MEET DOMESTIC EMISSION GOALS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT POLITICS SUCH AS THE GERMAN AND AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS WERE COMPLICATING FACTORS 7 C THAT BEING SAID AS KIMBLE EMPHASIZED THAT MUCH NEEDS TO BE DONE IN MANY AREAS SUCH AS CREATING THE NEEDED FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS FOR TRADING CDM AND Jl AS WELL AS SETTING AND MEASURING APPROPRIATE BASELINES LOOKING TO COPCONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 TOKYO 07252 02 OF 02 080739Z 4 SHE SAID THAT A REALISTIC GOAL WOULD BE TO COME OUT OF THE MEETING WITH A WORK PLAN INCLUDING AN OUTLINE OF TASKS TO BE COMPLETED BY COP-5 AND COP-6 SHE AGREED WITH KIMURA UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 THAT THERE WAS LITTLE TO BE GAINED BY CONFRONTATION WITH EITHER THE LDCS OR THE EUROPEANS A LET'S-GET-SOMETHINGDONE APPROACH MADE MUCH MORE SENSE GOJ EMPHASIZES CLOSE COORDINATION 8 C KIMURA SAID HE APPRECIATED GREATLY AS KIMBLE’S STOPOVER ON HER WAY BACK FROM BEIJING AND SEOUL AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WHAT THE GOJ SEES AS THE KEY PROCESS OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT NATIONS WORKING TO MAKE KYOTO A SUCCESS THE GOJ AND THE USG SAW THE BIG PICTURE ON THE NEED FOR FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AND THAT THE GOJ WAS DETERMINED TO STAND WITH THE U S ON THE KEY ISSUES HE WAS PLEASED WITH THE AS'S COMMENTS ON HER CHINA KOREA TRIP AND WITH CONTINUING EVIDENCE THAT BOTH COUNTRIES WISHED TO CONTINUE A DIALOGUE HE WAS ALSO IMPRESSED BY U S EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS IN EASTERN EUROPE SUCH AS THE WARSAW WORKSHOP AND ASKED TO BE KEPT CLOSELY INFORMED OF WHERE WE WERE GOING 9 C THE GOJ IS KEENLY AWARE OF THE POLITICAL COMPLEXITIES IN MANY COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U S IN JAPAN THERE WAS FOR EXAMPLE SOME HESITANCY ABOUT TRADING EITHER DOMESTICALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY CERTAIN PARTS OF MITI AND OTHER AGENCIES PREFERRED A REGULATORY APPROACH AT THE MOMENT THE ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY WAS SEIZED WITH PASSING KYOTO-RELATED LEGISLATION THROUGH THE DIET SO HE HOPED THAT THE USG WOULD UNDERSTAND IF THE GOJ WAS A BIT SLOWER THAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 TOKYO 07252 02 OF 02 080739Z MIGHT BE HOPED IN RESPONDING TO CERTAIN U S PROPOSALS SUCH AS THOSE RELATED TO THE UMBRELLA HE ALSO ASKED FOR SUGGESTIONS ON PEOPLE IN THE U S TO WHOM HE MIGHT REFER AN ASAHI COLUMNIST FOR AN EDUCATION ON THE COMPLEXITIES OF VARIOUS RESEARCH BEING DONE ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRADING AND CDMS 10 C AS NOTED ABOVE KIMURA THOUGHT LITTLE WAS TO BE GAINED BY CONFRONTATION WITH THE LDCS OR THE EUROPEANS AT BUENOS AIRES HE ALSO URGED FOCUS ON COMPROMISE WITH THE EUROPEANS ON THE QUESTIONS ON WHICH THERE IS DISAGREEMENT HE NOTED FOR EXAMPLE THAT HE THOUGHT IT UNWISE TO PUSH FOR TRADING WITHOUT AGREEMENT RESTING THE LEGAL CASE ON ARTICLE 17 THE GOJ COULD ADVANCE AN ARGUMENT BASED ON ARTICLE 4 ALTHOUGH KIMURA WAS UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE RUSSIA'S ABILITY TO PERFORM IS UNCERTAIN AT BEST KIMURA CAUTIONED HOWEVER THAT WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IS AGREEMENT AND THAT ANTAGONIZING THE EUROPEANS AND OTHERS WITH TOO FINE A LEGAL ARGUMENT COULD BACKFIRE HE ENDED BY REAFFIRMING THAT THE GOJ AND USG NEED TO STAND TOGETHER END TEXT LAFLEUR CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014 « END OF DOCUMENT » UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06514 Doc No C05351480 Date 01 06 2014