Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08LJUBLJANA121
2008-03-11 14:31:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Ljubljana
Cable title:
SLOVENIA SAYS COUNCIL LIKELY TO GO FORWARD WITH
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UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000121
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (TAGS ORDER)
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ENRG KGHG EUN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SAYS COUNCIL LIKELY TO GO FORWARD WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATION, PROVIDES POSITIVE FEEDBACK
OF HLD
REF: SECSTATE 24257
UNCLAS LJUBLJANA 000121
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (TAGS ORDER)
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ENRG KGHG EUN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SAYS COUNCIL LIKELY TO GO FORWARD WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATION, PROVIDES POSITIVE FEEDBACK
OF HLD
REF: SECSTATE 24257
1. (SBU) On March 11, Emboff briefed reftel talking points on
U.S.-EU climate change cooperation to Andrej
Kranjc--Secretary for International Relations at the
Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning--who
is Slovenia's national coordinator on climate change issues.
Kranjc took note of the USG's concern that a European Council
recommendation that Annex I Parties collectively reduce
emissions by 25-40 percent could undermine existing climate
change processes, but he stressed that the EU position has
been well established by now and expressed doubt that the
Council would step back from this position. When asked why
the EU had selected such an ambitious--but by many
accounts--unrealistic target for reducing emissions, he
pushed back, explaining that what is considered "realistic"
depends on the ambitions of the individual country.
Regarding the wording of the Council recommendation, he said
that although he had not seen a draft of the text, he
imagined it would reiterate the points made in the energy
package endorsed by the European Commission in January.
2. (SBU) Kranjc provided a positive readout of the March 7
U.S.-EU High level Dialogue on Climate Change, which he
attended as part of Slovenia's EU presidency delegation.
Kranjc described the dialogue as being very frank and
commented that he did not expect such an open exchange of
views. He considered this openess to be highly constructive
and identified what he considered to be a slow convergence of
views between the U.S. and the EU. He noted that he got our
message that the U.S. is now more amenable to an
international agreement that would hold Indian and China
accountable but not necessarily to the same standard as the
developed countries. He opined that this presents an
opportunity for real movement on the issue, since India--and
to a lesser degree China--would never sign on to an
international agreement that held them to the same standard
as developed countries.
3. (SBU) When asked about the proposed seminar that would
bring the EU together with developing countries to discuss
climate change under the direction of the EU presidency,
Kranjc said that it now appears the seminar would have to he
held after the late-March/early-April UNFCCC climate change
talks in Bangkok.
COLEMAN
SIPDIS
C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (TAGS ORDER)
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SENV ENRG KGHG EUN SI
SUBJECT: SLOVENIA SAYS COUNCIL LIKELY TO GO FORWARD WITH
CLIMATE CHANGE RECOMMENDATION, PROVIDES POSITIVE FEEDBACK
OF HLD
REF: SECSTATE 24257
1. (SBU) On March 11, Emboff briefed reftel talking points on
U.S.-EU climate change cooperation to Andrej
Kranjc--Secretary for International Relations at the
Slovenian Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning--who
is Slovenia's national coordinator on climate change issues.
Kranjc took note of the USG's concern that a European Council
recommendation that Annex I Parties collectively reduce
emissions by 25-40 percent could undermine existing climate
change processes, but he stressed that the EU position has
been well established by now and expressed doubt that the
Council would step back from this position. When asked why
the EU had selected such an ambitious--but by many
accounts--unrealistic target for reducing emissions, he
pushed back, explaining that what is considered "realistic"
depends on the ambitions of the individual country.
Regarding the wording of the Council recommendation, he said
that although he had not seen a draft of the text, he
imagined it would reiterate the points made in the energy
package endorsed by the European Commission in January.
2. (SBU) Kranjc provided a positive readout of the March 7
U.S.-EU High level Dialogue on Climate Change, which he
attended as part of Slovenia's EU presidency delegation.
Kranjc described the dialogue as being very frank and
commented that he did not expect such an open exchange of
views. He considered this openess to be highly constructive
and identified what he considered to be a slow convergence of
views between the U.S. and the EU. He noted that he got our
message that the U.S. is now more amenable to an
international agreement that would hold Indian and China
accountable but not necessarily to the same standard as the
developed countries. He opined that this presents an
opportunity for real movement on the issue, since India--and
to a lesser degree China--would never sign on to an
international agreement that held them to the same standard
as developed countries.
3. (SBU) When asked about the proposed seminar that would
bring the EU together with developing countries to discuss
climate change under the direction of the EU presidency,
Kranjc said that it now appears the seminar would have to he
held after the late-March/early-April UNFCCC climate change
talks in Bangkok.
COLEMAN