I must be becoming psychic - I was at a session this afternoon when Australia, leading the Umbrella Group, argued strongly for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) to be added to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Now I'm no expert but it occured to me that this is definite Fossil Award material.
I personally tend to agree with the Least Developed Countries (LDC), Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) and a few others in G77+China Groups. That is a DUMB idea, especially when Australia then adds further mud to its position by citing a research paper which "proves that CCS works". (Unfortunately the paper missed the COP publish date, so most of the Parties hadn't seen it, and they aren't that stupid.) This became a major stumbling block and completely derailed the proceedings for hours - the rather frustrated Chair deferred to "informal meetings" for sorting out the disagreement. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait (which of course support CCS) argued strongly for it be dealt with formally, but to no avail....
So at this evening's awards, TahDah!!!! - the Umbrella Group received the FoD 2nd Place. It was nearly overshadowed by Ukraine winning both 1st and 3rd Places - which you have to agree - is a pretty notable achievement!
(In the photo, Australia is on the left, holding the cup, filled with coal, and little dinosaurs...)
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