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OPENING WORDS FOR ADP SESSION 2.6

MINISTER MANUEL PULGAR VIDAL
Bonn, 20 October, 2014


Mr co-chairs of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban
Platform for Enhanced Action
Mrs. Cristiana Figueres, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
Distinguished delegates and representatives

I would like to call on all of you to work constructively this
week to prepare the substantive outcomes we expect from
Lima.

I would like to call on you to work simultaneously on several
issues:

- First, in the definition of the information that all of our
countries will submit next year as part of our intended
nationally determined contribution. It is crucial that this
week we arrive to a possible consensus around the
content and spectrum of such information as well as on
the best way to incentivize and ensure that this
information is clear, transparent and understandable
next year.

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- Secondly, it is clear that the discussion on INDCs is
directly linked to our discussion on the elements for the
draft negotiating text. I want to reiterate that it is a main
priority for the Peruvian presidency that COP20
concludes with a text on the elements that is clear,
structured and substantive, not just a list of ideas. Thus, I
am also here in Bonn this week to encourage you to focus
on the similarities, meaning the components of content
and form that we can agree on in Lima in order to
provide a strong basis for negotiations next year. The
world needs to see that we have the capacity and the will
to prepare a binding, equitable, durable and balanced
agreement in 2015, firmly framed in the Convention and
its principles.

- And thirdly, I want to encourage you to conclude this
week a careful review of what will be our decision on
Workstream 2. As I said in June, our clear expectation is
that COP20 establishes a concrete plan to deal with the
pre-2020 period including actions to ensure compliance
with existing obligations, and the implementation of
policy options with the greatest potential. In this context,
I am pleased with the continuation of the technical
experts meetings, TEMs, during this week on carbon
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capture, use and storage and on non-CO
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greenhouse
gases.

Of course, working under the ADP, I urge you to not lose
sight of the fact that other subsidiary bodies should also
work on decisions or make significant progress in Lima on
issues such as finance, mitigation, adaptation, loss and
damage, REDD+, technology transfer, capacity building,
response measures, Article 6, among others. Along with the
decisions of the ADP, these advances should help to
strengthen our common work under the Convention.

As I said earlier, my second message is one of confidence
and trust.

First, confidence in the status of our negotiations. I am truly
convinced that we are not far from consensus on many of
the issues that I have mentioned. I am convinced that our
positions have come closer and continue to do so since the
beginning of this year, around the most sensitive issues. We
have this impression after numerous meetings, events and
visits in which myself or members of the Peruvian team have
been involved, including informal consultations open to all
interested Parties, held in Lima in recent weeks, as
announced in the June inter-sessional meeting. Therefore it
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is very important that during this week we hold meetings
and consult widely among countries and groups, with the
aim of having substantive results especially because this is
our last opportunity before Lima.

Second, I want to express confidence and trust in the
process. I am sure that with the help of all the process will
continue to be Party-driven. All inputs for our decisions
must come from the Parties and should be reflected. I am
confident that our two Co-Chairs, Kishan and Artur, are
doing and will continue to do everything necessary for this
to happen.

Finally, I give you my assurance of my full commitment. My
duty and intention is to lead the conference in Lima in a
transparent and inclusive manner. My aim is to have results
and consensus in Lima. To do so, I need your full
engagement and support. Before and during the COP, I will
ensure that you are all informed, of matters that are relevant
for the Parties to continue to lead the process to deliver.

My presence here is a manifestation of my full commitment
to work with all of you and with the co-chairs for success in
Lima.

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So lets move this discussion this week into solutions.
Lets move our words into hope.
Lets make things possible to show the world our
responsibility.
Lets just do it!

Thank you very much.