Brazil at the UN Climate Change Conference 2011

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Addressing the press together with French Prime-Minister François Fillon, President Rousseff praised the leadership shown by the EU among developed countries in Durban. Watch the video (in Portuguese and French only):

During a joint press declaration with the Prime-Minister of France, President Dilma Rousseff said that Brazil is ready to work hard towards a new and robust climate change pact by 2015, in accordance with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities.

Images from Durban: Minister Izabella Teixeira and Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado participate in one of the "Indabas".

Images from Durban: Minister Izabella Teixeira talks to the head of the Chinese delegation, Xie Zhenhua, at the "China Pavillion".

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BRAZIL AT COP17: CREATING BRIDGES
NEWS ROUNDUP
The Independent: "Eventually the chief Brazilian negotiator, Luiz Figueiredo Machado, suggested another form of wording – 'an agreed outcome with legal force', which became known as the Figueiredo Compromise."
Read the full text:

"President Dilma Rousseff is satisfied with the results in Durban", said Minister Izabella Teixeira. Read more (Portuguese only):

For Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, COP17 had a robust outcome and ushered in a new phase in the international response to climate change. "Durban clearly points to action", said Ambassador Figueiredo.

BRAZIL AT COP17: CREATING BRIDGES
Brazil paid a tribute to the leadership of South Africa and to the President of COP17, Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God bless Africa)!

BRAZIL AT COP17: CREATING BRIDGES
Read the full text of the report of the Transitional Committee on the Green Climate Fund:

BRAZIL AT COP17: CREATING BRIDGES
Read the full text of the outcome of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention:

BRAZIL AT COP17: CREATING BRIDGES
Read the full text of the outcome of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol:

In the plenary, Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado said:
"[Brazil is] about doing (...) we came to Durban in order to create bridges, in order to make it possible (...) to leave Durban with a legally binding deal".

NEWS ROUNDUP: Guardian on the results of the Durban Conference. "A compromise, suggested by the Brazilian delegation, saw the EU and Indians agree to a road map which commits countries to negotiating a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force", sums up the British newspaper.

NEWS ROUNDUP: Reuters on the results of the Durban Conference. Read it at http://www.reuters.com/…/11/us-climate-idUSTRE7B41NH20111211

The Green Climate Fund has been launched in Durban. Developed countries have already started to pledge to contribute to start-up costs of the fund, meaning it can be made ready in 2012.

Governments have also decided to adopt a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon as possible, but not later than 2015. Work will begin on this immediately under a new group called the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action.

Governments, including 35 industrialized countries, agreed a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from January 1, 2013. The Kyoto Protocol has been preserved in its integrity, a key outcome from the perspective of Brazil and other developing countries.

The marathon of negotiations ended this Sunday at 4.30 am (0.30 am, Brasília time). The UN Climate Change Conference 2011, the longest COP ever, delivered a landmark achievement. Brazil was instrumental in drafting language that was acceptable to all parties.