Traducción de «Defensa contra el cambio climático » (Español → Inglés) :

The Commission and Member States should agree common standards for monitoring, reporting and verification of climate finance for developing countries, and intensify their cooperation to implement the EU Code of Conduct on Division of Labour in the field of climate finance.

4. REAFFIRMS the importance for the EU, together with other developed countries, to continue to contribute to climate finance after 2012 as set forth in the Durban decision to support initiatives that will deliver substantial results and value for money in the context of meaningful mitigation actions, and in helping increasing climate resilience and to narrow the ambition gap between current pledges and emission reductions with special attention to avoiding duplication of initiatives, the efficient use of available funding and the nee ...[+++]d for sustainable public finance and fiscal consolidation; ENCOURAGES domestic efforts by developing countries, including the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies and other distortions as well as in providing good framework conditions for investments, as recipient action is crucial in ensuring ownership of supported action and the right identification of national priorities; RECOGNISES that substantial cost effective mitigation potential already exists in developing countries and UNDERLINES that increased information about efficient and cost effective available and meaningful National Appropriate Mitigation Action-proposals could further facilitate decision making and targeting of climate finance in terms of smart use of resources; RECALLS the collective nature of the financial commitments made and URGES a broader range of Parties to also significantly contribute and mobilise climate finance for that purpose reflecting evolving economic realities;

WELCOMES the approval of the governing instrument for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the way forward outlined in the Durban Decisions with regard to the expeditious full operationalization of the GCF; REITERATES that the Fund is to make a significant and ambitious contribution to the global efforts towards attaining the goals set by the international community to combat climate change; REITERATES FURTHER that the Fund will promote the paradigm shift towards low – emission and climate – resilient development paths by providing support to developing countries to limit ...[+++]or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change in developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of Climate Change; WELCOMES that the Fund will catalyse climate finance, both public and private, and at the international and national level; ENCOURAGES the Board to develop methods to enhance complementarity between the GCF and other relevant bilateral, regional and global funding mechanisms and institutions, to better mobilize the full range of financial and technical capacities and improve the overall effectiveness of international climate finance;

REAFFIRMS the importance of continuing to provide support by developed countries beyond 2012 as set forth in the Durban decisions; WELCOMES the work programme on long-term finance to discuss under the UNFCCC the conclusions and recommendations by the UN Secretary General's High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing (AGF) and by the international financial institutions in the context of the G20 in order to contribute to the on-going efforts to scale up the mobilization of climate change finance after 2012, to enable and support action on mitigation, REDD+ adaptation, technology development and transfer and capacity building; ...[+++]CONSIDERS that this work programme may provide useful input towards the identification of a path for scaling up climate funding from 2013 towards 2020 in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation with a view to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2°C above preindustrial levels; despite significant domestic financial challenges and fiscal constraints the EU and its Member States REITERATES the importance of the EU and its Member States delivering on the fast start commitments in 2012 according to the overall pledge of fast start financing;

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A strategy to combat climate change represents a four-fold challenge: the climate risk itself and the political will to face up to it, international participation in efforts to tackle climate change, the innovation needed for changes in the production and use of energy, and adaptation of countries to the unavoidable effects of climate change.