ALGERIA AND COPENHAGEN FOLLOW-UP

UNCLAS ALGIERS 000062 SIPDIS DEPT FOR NEA/MAG - NARDI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KGHG SENV ENRG PREL AG SUBJECT: ALGERIA AND COPENHAGEN FOLLOW-UP REF: STATE 03079 ¶1. DCM delivered reftel points to MFA Director for North American Affairs Ambassador Ahriz January 20. The DCM noted that Algeria carried great weight in African discussions leading up to and during Copenhagen, had had some difficulty with the emerging consensus, had then joined the large majority in favor of it, and now appeared poised to associate itself formally with the Copenhagen Accord. He urged Algeria to do so soon, as had U.S. Special Envoy on Climate Change Stern in a January 17 phone call to Algerian Environment Minister Rahmani. ¶2. Ahriz said that Algeria would continue to work with African Union countries to find a common position on the Copenhagen Accord. He expressed concern over the overall slow level of "technology transfer" to Algeria, to which the DCM replied that the Accord contained a mechanism for climate change-related tech transfers. PEARCE