Memandangkan saya terpaksa mengikuti kursus yang berkaitrapat dengan kajian akademik pada akhir tahun ini, dukacita dimaklumkan bahawa saya tidak dapat menghadiri Persidangan Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu Perubahan Iklim (COP21) di negara Perancis yang berlangsung dari 30 November sehingga 11 Disember 2015. Meskipun demikian, sebagai seorang delegasi belia negara (MYD), saya mempunyai peranan-peranan tertentu yang harus dilaksanakan. Peranan-peranan yang telah dikenalpasti adalah seperti berikut:
WanJi, kedua daripada kanan
Pertama sekali, sebagai salah seorang delegasi yang berpusat di tanah air sepanjang persidangan tersebut, saya harus membantu memastikan hubungan komunikasi yang berterusan dan stabil daripada pihak kami di ibu negara dengan rombongan wakil delegasi ke negara Perancis sepanjang berlangsungnya persidangan selama dua belas hari itu.
Cara perhubungan yang paling mudah dan berkesan dalam peringkat antarabangsa adalah melalui perkhidmatan internet terutamanya laman media sosial, e-mel dan panggilan video. Cara-cara yang dinyatakan ini bukan sahaja efektif malah percuma dan sekaligus dapat menjimatkan bajet delegasi-delegasi.
Selain itu juga, delegasi-delegasi di Malaysia harus aktif memainkan peranan dalam membuat liputan langsung tentang persidangan COP21 dan juga menyebarkan perkembangan tersebut kepada masyarakat umum. Wakil-wakil delegasi di Paris sudah tentu kepenatan dari menghadiri persidangan, ulang-alik dari tempat penginapan ke tempat persidangan dan juga kemungkinan besar menghadapi cabaran dalam menyesuaikan diri di kawasan baru yang mempunyai budaya, bahasa, cuaca, suhu dan zon masa yang berbeza.
Tambahan pula, mereka dijangka akan sibuk membina silaturahim dengan individu-individu serta persatuan-persatuan yang berpengaruh atau berserasi dalam bidang perubahan iklim dunia. Sememangnya persidangan global yang berprestij seperti COP21 merupakan peluang keemasan untuk wakil-wakil dari negara kita untuk menambah kenalan dari seluruh dunia terutamanya mereka yang berkuasa, dan berpengalaman agar dapat membina peluang untuk bekerjasama kelak.
Akhir sekali suatu peranan yang wajib dipegang oleh setiap delegasi belia termasuk saya pada setiap ketika tanpa mengira apa jua aktiviti, adalah ‘belajar’. Saya harus membuat pemerhatian terperinci dan mempelajari sebanyak yang mungkin daripada persidangan tersebut. Dengan cara ini, secara tidak langsung, saya juga dapat menimba pengalaman yang berharga dan menaiktarafkan pengetahuan diri sendiri. Ini akan memanfaatkan MYD dan diri saya juga pada masa akan dating. Moga-moga, saya akan menjadi delegasi yang lebih bersedia untuk menghadapi persidangan yang serupa pada masa akan datang.
Pei Ling is a freelance journalist and writer passionate about environmental, human rights and gender issues. She currently works as a writer for the European Forest Institute’s Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade Facility’s Asia Regional Office based in KL. Meanwhile, she is also researching and writing a book on the history of student activism in Malaysia in the late 1960s & early 1970s for Pusat Sejarah Rakyat.
As a journalist, she has written for the National Geographic News, The Nut Graph, Selangor Times and Focus Malaysia. She has an MA in Environment and Development from King’s College London and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from UTAR.
#MYD Training Series – Training on UNFCCC negotiations and media work with various climate experts, government bodies and civil society leaders, from July until Nov 2015. Each sessions will run for 2 hours and will be broadcast live on Google Hangout. Hangout will be available on YouTube for future reference. http://powershiftmalaysia.org.my/myd-training-series/
#MYD – Malaysian Youth Delegation – Malaysian youth climate movement at international United Nations climate conferences, UNFCCC, participants will be mentored and hold engagements with various climate expert bodies and dialogue with Malaysian policy makers and negotiators.http://powershiftmalaysia.org.my/category/myd2015/
Malaysian youth’s desire for a safe climate future is at risk. Here’s is a statement to the leadership of the country, to take serious climate action towards UNFCCC’s COP21.
This Malaysian Youth Statement on Climate Change produced by MYD is to be submitted to our Prime Minister in conjunction with the upcoming COP21 at the end of November 2015. The purpose of the statement is to urge our Malaysian government to act swiftly and to pledge a more ambitious target to tackle climate change.
An official launching event to inaugurate this youth statement, tentatively by the end of October. This event is supported by the British High Commission.
You and your organisation is cordially invited to support this youth statement.
We sincerely hope to hear from you by 25 Oct 2015.
WHAT IS COP21/CMP11?
In 2015, France will be hosting and presiding the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21/CMP11), otherwise known as “Paris 2015” from November 30th to December 11th. COP21 will be a crucial conference, as it needs to achieve a new international agreement on the climate, applicable to all countries, with the aim of keeping global warming below 2°C. France will therefore be playing a leading international role to ensure points of view converge and to facilitate the search for consensus by the United Nations, as well as within the European Union, which has a major role in climate negotiations.
Singapore – “Singapore communicates that it intends to reduce its Emissions Intensity by 36% from 2005 levels by 2030, and stabilise its emissions with the aim of peaking around 2030.” (WRI)
Indonesia – “Indonesia has committed to reduce unconditionally 26% of its greenhouse gasses against the business as usual scenario by the year 2020…Indonesia is committed to reducing emissions by 29% compared to the business as usual (BAU) scenario by 2030.”
Conditional target: “Indonesia’s target should encourage support from international cooperation, which is expected to help Indonesia to increase its contribution up to 41% reduction in emissions by 2030.” (WRI)
Thailand – Thailand intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from the projected business-as-usual (BAU) level by 2030. The level of contribution could increase up to 25%, subject to adequate and enhanced access to technology development and transfer, financial resources and capacity building support through a balanced and ambitious global agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Cambodia – offered to cut its GHGs by 27% below 2010 levels by 2030, adding that it expects to receive help finance through bilateral and multilateral mechanisms. (CP)
Laos – Did not set an overall target, but listed a number of projects it would carry out on the condition it received international support, including increasing forest coverage, boosting renewables and implementing transport-focused NAMAS. The projects would cut around 1.8 million tonnes of CO2e annually. (CP)
Myanmar – “Myanmar would undertake mitigation actions in line with its sustainable development needs, conditional on availability of international support, as its contribution to global action to reduce future emissions of greenhouse gases. The document also presents planned and existing policies and strategies which will provide the policy framework to implement identified actions and prioritise future mitigation actions.” (WRI)
The Philippines – Pledging to cut by 70% its carbon emissions by the year 2030, conditional on assistance from the international community. (Rappler)
Vietnam – pledged to keep emissions 8% below BAU levels over 2020-2030, but could increase the target to 25% with appropriate funding. Reductions would be made by cutting carbon intensity and increasing forest coverage. Vietnam adopted a green growth strategy in 2012 that foresaw linking up to the international carbon market. (CP)
Brunei – “Energy sector: to reduce total energy consumption by 63% by 2035 compared to a BusinessAsUsual (BAU) scenario; and to increase the share of renewables so that 10% of the total power generation is sourced from renewable energy by 2035. Land Transport sector: to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from morning peak hour vehicle use by 40% by 2035 compared to a business as usual scenario. Forestry sector: to increase the total gazette forest reserves to 55% of total land area, compared to the current levels of 41%.” (WRI)
Malaysia – Malaysia intends to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity of GDP by 45% by 2030 relative to the emissions intensity of GDP in 2005. This consist of 35% on an unconditional basis and a further 10% is condition upon receipt of climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building from developed countries.
Title: Climate Change: An overview and state of the international negotiation
Training Brief: The presentation will focus on the history (of the UNFCCC and an update of the increasingly politicised nature of the negotiation and whether Paris will see a repeat of the Copenhagen fiasco and leave the world without a viable plan to rescue human civilisation from a climate catastrophe.
Trainer Profile:
Hillary is from Third World Network a member of Climate Justice Now! Her area of expertise is to track the UN climate change talks and monitoring the development of REDD and carbon trading.
#MYD Training Series – Training on UNFCCC negotiations and media work with various climate experts, government bodies and civil society leaders, from July until Nov 2015. Each sessions will run for 2 hours and will be broadcast live on Google Hangout. Hangout will be available on YouTube for future reference. http://powershiftmalaysia.org.my/myd-training-series/
#MYD – Malaysian Youth Delegation – Malaysian youth climate movement at international United Nations climate conferences, UNFCCC, participants will be mentored and hold engagements with various climate expert bodies and dialogue with Malaysian policy makers and negotiators. http://powershiftmalaysia.org.my/category/myd2015/
