Kuwait to partake in UN climate change meeting in Bonn

A high-ranking Kuwaiti delegation will participate in a UN important meeting in Bonn to negotiate a new climate change pact that will replace Kyoto protocol. The delegation includes representatives of the Environmental Public Authority (EPA), Ministry of Oil, Ministry of Electricity and Water, and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC). He pointed out that the Kuwaiti delegation will try to coordinate with delegations of other developing countries to reach a compromise deal with the developed countries over this important issue. "Developed countries have been trying since 2008 to persuade other countries to sign an unfair agreement on the reduction of gas emissions," Kuwaiti delegation member and head of the climate changes department at the EPA Sharif Al-Khayyat told (KUNA) on Sunday. He argued that the less developed countries seek to reach an agreement that takes into account the difference of developed and developing countries' ability in taking required measures to achieve the agreed upon rate of gas emissions cuts. He also added developed countries will demeaned the developed ones to provide them with financial and technical aid in order to put into effect the provisions of 2013 Warsaw agreement. Bonn negotiations which will be held from 10 to 14 March, will mark the beginning of an intense year of conferences and summits designed to lead to a meaningful universal agreement in Paris in late 2015. The week-long meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) will include work towards the new global climate agreement, to enter into force from 2020, and work to find ways to boost immediate, effective climate action. Current emission reduction pledges made by countries represent around 80 percent of the global total emissions. This is significant, but falls short of reductions needed to stay within the two degrees Celsius upper limit on warming