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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07ABIDJAN596 |
COTE D'IVOIRE DEMARCHED ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Emboff demarched MFA Director of International Organizations and United Nations Affairs Ambassador Tanoh Boutchoue on June 3 using reftel talking points. The MFA will report back any official GOCI reaction. 2. (SBU) Speaking informally, Boutchoue warmly welcomed the President's init [...] |
2007-06-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ECON IV |
| 07ANKARA2626 |
Turkish Response to Washington International Renewable [...] This is an Action request. See paragraph 3. 2. There was a Turkish Holiday in mid-October that delayed the Turkish Government's response to the invitation to the WIREC Conference. The MFA informed us October 16 that the GOT would like to participate in the conference, and has one confirmed [...] |
2007-10-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA TU |
| 07ATHENS1892 |
Athens "Challenge of Climate" Conference - Oct 14-16 [...] Summary. Details of the upcoming "The Challenge of Change" climate change conference are solidifying in wake of the recent national elections in Greece. As the list of confirmed speakers fills with prominent members of Government andthe Energy community, the conference has grown to include a [...] |
2007-09-20 04:58:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG SOCI ENGR EAID GR |
| 07ATHENS2006 |
Date Change for Athens "Challenge of Climate" Conference - [...] Summary. In response to the recent GoG elections, and the selection of new Minister of Development Christos Folias, the organizing committee of the Athens "Challenge of Change" Climate Change conference announced the postponement of the conference until May 2008. The primary reason given for [...] |
2007-10-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV SOCI EAID GR |
| 07BEIJING7581 |
SED SESSION V: MERGING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Session V of the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) focused on the environmental protection achievements of both countries and sustainable development recommendations for the future. Several successful collaborative efforts on environmental protection were highlighted [...] |
2007-12-21 03:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG ETRD SENV KGHG TBIO CH |
| 07BERLIN1896 |
GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY -- MERKEL COMMITTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Merkel is serious about pursuing aggressive international measures to meet the challenges of global warming. She has built her Chancellorship almost exclusively on this issue. Her support for mandatory, targeted global limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and [...] |
2007-10-16 14:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV GM |
| 07BERLIN2152 |
CLIMATE CHANGE -- GERMAN OPINION AHEAD OF UN [...] (SBU) The Germans have endorsed a roadmap approach at Bali that is not dissimilar to that of the U.S. (Reftel A), but Chancellor Merkel's government is committing itself to increasingly ambitious environmental objectives that could challenge the U.S. position in Bali and other international n [...] |
2007-12-03 09:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
| 07BERLIN2177 |
COMPREHENSIVE GERMAN CLIMATE CHANGE PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The coalition government presented a series of far-reaching and ambitious environmental legislative measures to the German Parliament for consideration on December 5 (Reftel). The 14 points of this proposal are not new, but rather stem directly from the 29-point "Meseberg Plan [...] |
2007-12-07 14:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG GM |
| 07BRASILIA1742 |
BRAZIL: WASHINGTON SEPT. 27-28 MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil will certainly attend the September 27-28 meeting in Washington on climate change. It appears the Ambassador Everton Vargas, the Under Secretary for Policy in the Ministry of Exterio [...] |
2007-09-13 16:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
| 07BRASILIA1784 |
MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING: BRAZILIAN DELEGATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) On September 18, the Embassy's Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Counselor met with Paulo Chiarelli, acting Director of the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Division of Environme [...] |
2007-09-20 10:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL BR |
| 07BRASILIA1918 |
BRAZIL AND THE FOREST 11 STATEMENT: PRIMARILY A POLITICAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 24, 2007 leaders from eleven Tropical Rainforest Countries (the Forest 11) issued a joint statement calling for, inter alia, cooperation to slow, stop and reverse deforestation [...] |
2007-10-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TNGD TRGY KSCA BR |
| 07BRASILIA1935 |
MINISTERIAL MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazil hosted the "Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Sustainable Development: Challenges for International Governance," in Rio de Janeiro, September 3 and 4, 2007. Participants from t [...] |
2007-10-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UN KSCA BR |
| 07BRASILIA1952 |
MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZILIANS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation has expressed both public and private disappointment with the September 27-28 meeting in Washington of representatives of major economies to discuss energy security [...] |
2007-10-11 13:09:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
| 07BRASILIA2020 |
BRAZIL: FRANK DISCUSSION ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In a frank and wide ranging conversation, Director of the National Economic Council Al Hubbard, Deputy National Security Advisor Dan Price, and Ambassador Clifford Sobel met in Brasilia on O [...] |
2007-10-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
| 07BRASILIA2044 |
BRAZIL: INTERESTED IN THE WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Drawing on REFS, ESTH Counselor Driscoll had a series of conversations in mid- and late-October with Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Chief of the Division of Division for New and Renewa [...] |
2007-10-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG BR |
| 07BRASILIA2263 |
UNCTAD SEEKS MORE ACTIVE ROLE WITH BIOFUELS: CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND IS NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. UNCTAD, together with the Government of Brazil (GoB), held a conference on biofuels in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 4-5 as a pre-event to the twelfth session of the United Nations [...] |
2007-12-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TRGY UN UNCTAD KGHG ECON SENV ENRG KSCA BR |
| 07DHAKA1642 |
BANGLADESH MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TO WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Post has engaged with the Government of Bangladesh to solicit nominations for the official Bangladesh delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). 2. Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are likely to invite the Caretaker Government Advisor [...] |
2007-10-15 11:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07HANOI2053 |
MONRE MINISTER DETAILS VIETNAMESE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY [...] (SBU) On December 7, Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Nguyen Khoi Pham to highlight U.S. efforts to combat climate change and our desire to play a productive role in the ongoing UN Climate Conference in Bali (ref A). Pham noted the li [...] |
2007-12-07 09:45:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 07HELSINKI750 |
HELSINKI: EXPERT ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA,S AGGRESSIVE [...] (U) Using California as a model for initiatives at the state level, former Executive Director of the California Air Resources Board, Catherine Witherspoon, presented U.S. strategies for combating climate change to a wide cross section of Finnish society, including government officials, academi [...] |
2007-10-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV SOCI ENRG TRGY KPAO KGHG FI |
| 07HELSINKI768 |
FINLAND: MINISTER PEKKARINEN TO ATTEND WIREC 2008 [...] (SBU) According to Finnish MFA sources, Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen will lead a Finnish delegation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in March 2008. The exact composition of the delegation will be decided at a later date. According to [...] |
2007-10-11 09:55:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EPET SOCI TRGY KPAO KSCA FI |
| 07HELSINKI831 |
REVITALIZING THE GLOBE PROGRAM IN FINLAND [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Helsinki is actively promoting activities to revitalize the GLOBE (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) program in Finnish schools. Utilizing part of a $10,000 (FY2007) grant in Public Diplomacy funding from the State Department, Embassy Helsinki o [...] |
2007-11-15 07:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TSPL KPAO KGHG FI |
| 07HELSINKI855 |
FINLAND HOPEFUL GOING INTO BALI CLIMATE CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on the U.S. position on climate change going into the UN Climate Conference in Bali to Ms. Outi Berghall and Ms. Sirkka Haunia from the Finnish Environment Ministry. As Finland's chief climate negotiator, Berghall will lead the Finnish delegation prior [...] |
2007-12-03 13:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG FI |
| 07JAKARTA1744 |
INDONESIA - ENVIRONMENTAL MEETING WITH EMIL SALIM [...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting on June 21 with Charge, Dr. Emil Salim, environmental advisor to Indonesian President Yudhoyono, welcomed President Bush's attention to climate change, but criticized its "overemphasis on the clean energy sector and failure to provide incentives for safeg [...] |
2007-06-25 09:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA1771 |
INDONESIA - REACTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy hosted eleven Indonesian NGOs for a roundtable discussion of President Bush's new international framework initiative, and reaction was generally positive. The NGOs stressed that combating deforestation needs to be part of the initiative, along with increased [...] |
2007-06-27 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA1984 |
INVITATION TO TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON FROM INDONESIAN [...] Embassy received the following letter from Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati, dated July 9, 2007. Related to the larger conference (United Nations Framework of Convention on Climate Change 13th Conference of Parties) December 3-14, Secretary Paulson is invited to attend an Event of Min [...] |
2007-07-23 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ECON KGHG SENV ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA2164 |
CLIMATE CHANGE - SEPTEMBER MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] Ambassador Hume delivered President Bush's letter on the September Major Economies meeting to Indonesian Presidential Advisor Dino Djalal on August 3, 2007. We also notified relevant officials in the Foreign Ministry, Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Environment. The Foreign Ministry notif [...] |
2007-08-09 06:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG |
| 07JAKARTA2334 |
INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...] |
2007-08-24 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA2336 |
INDONESIA SEEKS SUPPORT FOR CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE [...] (U) Summary. Indonesia seeks U.S. support for its proposed Coral Triangle Initiative, a new multilateral partnership that Indonesia will raise at the upcoming APEC summit in Sydney. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's adviser Dino Djalal last week presented visiting Chairman of the Council of [...] |
2007-08-24 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA2407 |
US-INDONESIA ENERGY SECURITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton and U.S. Senior Climate Negotiator Harlan Watson discussed energy security and climate change strategy with senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials, NGOs and donors during a series of meetings on [...] |
2007-08-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA2449 |
GOI INVITES U.S. TO PRE-COP 13 MINISTERIAL, 24-25 OCTOBER [...] (SBU) On September 5, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar addressed to Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky. The letter invites U/S Dobriansky to informal ministerial consulta [...] |
2007-09-06 00:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID ECON ENRG PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA2459 |
DONOR ROUNDABLE MEETING ON CLMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. During a September 5 Donor Roundtable Meeting on Climate Change, Agus Purnomo, Executive Director, National Steering Committee for the Conference of Parties 13 (COP 13) updated donor partners and embassy officials on COP 13 preparations. Joe Leitmann, Environment Coordinator, Worl [...] |
2007-09-06 08:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON TBIO ENRG ID |
| 07JAKARTA2470 |
DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...] |
2007-09-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID |
| 07JAKARTA2611 |
U/S DISCUSSES INDONESIA'S ROLE IN COP 13, CLEAN ENERGY, [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Indonesia September 10-12, U/S Jeffery held a roundtable lunch on September 10 with GOI officials, donor representatives ad private sector representatives. The head of Indonesia's COP 13 steering committee said that the GOI would await the outcomes of the U.N [...] |
2007-09-18 01:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA2683 |
INDONESIA AT THE MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Indonesia wants the Major Economies Meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP 13) in Bali in December. The GOI will be sensitive to any negative portrayal of Indonesia, whether as a destroyer of forests or as [...] |
2007-09-21 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA2780 |
USG COULD LEVERAGE $100 MILLION AUSSIE FORESTRY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In the run up to COP 13, Australia has announced an AUS$100 Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. Post could increase the long-term impact of our current projects in forestry and wildlife conservation by leveraging this new initiative. Any additional fu [...] |
2007-10-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 07JAKARTA2945 |
PRE-COP BOGOR SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY: INDONESIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia to participate in the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Bogor, October 23-25. Indonesia wants the pre-COP ministerial meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Par [...] |
2007-10-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3059 |
INDONESIA SENDING OUT CLIMATE ENVOYS BEFORE BALI COP-13 [...] (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) will be sending four senior climate change envoys to a number of key countries, including the U.S., in order to sound out other governments' positions and gather input for December's conference in Bali. All four are advisors to Minister of Environment Rach [...] |
2007-11-02 09:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3258 |
INDONESIA'S TOP COP-13 PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 13th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) meeting this December, the Government of Indonesia will push for carbon-market funding mechanisms for avoided deforestation; support of the Coral Triangle Initiative; and multilateral as well as bilateral funding arrangements [...] |
2007-11-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON PREL PINR ID |
| 07JAKARTA3274 |
COP-13 FINANCE MINISTERS' SIDE MEETING [...] Summary: The Finance Minister's side meeting at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change conference seeks to review the cost of environmental damage; examine policy instruments available to address the issues; set objectives and common goals; and outline next steps. The Government of Indones [...] |
2007-11-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SENV ECON KGHG TBIO ID |
| 07JAKARTA3355 |
FIRST SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING OF CORAL TRIANGLE [...] (U) Summary: Indonesia hosted the Coral Triangle Initiative meetings on the margins of the Conference of the Parties 13 to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali. During a closed session of Senior Officials Meeting on December 6, the six CTI countries (Indonesia, East Timor, th [...] |
2007-12-10 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 07JAKARTA3471 |
DIPLOMATIC ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Indonesia have real opportunities within the bilateral relationship to move their respective environmental agendas forward. The Government of Indonesia used the recently concluded UN Climate Change Conference in Bali to highlight its environmental resources [...] |
2007-12-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON EAID KPAO PREL ID |
| 07KATHMANDU1908 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On October 3 Emboff met with Lekh Nath Bhattarai, America desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), to confirm that the Government of Nepal(GON) plans to send an official ministerial delegation to the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). Bh [...] |
2007-10-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07KINSHASA1037 |
FORESTRY SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC, PART I OF II [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-31 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV EAGR SENV KGHG CG |
| 07KINSHASA1127 |
FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...] |
2007-09-19 16:23:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG |
| 07LAPAZ1658 |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WIREC DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-06-14 17:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG SOCI EAID EPET TRGY KPAO BL |
| 07LIMA3467 |
PERU WILL PARTICIPATE IN WIREC 2008 ENERGY [...] Per reftel, Econoff invited the Government of Peru, through the MFA, to send an official delegation to the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). Econoff provided details on the event, the website link, and an explanation of the ministerial-level nature of t [...] |
2007-10-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07LISBON2503 |
PORTUGAL: CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON AND AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Lisbon September 12-13, Chairman of the White House Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) James Connaughton and USEU Ambassador Gray discussed with Portuguese officials the upcoming Major Economies Meeting (MEM) on climate change and energy security. The Portuguese interlocu [...] |
2007-09-26 09:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG EU PO |
| 07LISBON2646 |
PORTUGAL: OFFICIAL WIREC DELEGATION RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On Oct 16, Pol/Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to the MFA's General Director for Economic and Technical Issues Paulo Jorge Nascimento and Senior Advisor on International Organizations and Economic Affairs Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha. Nascimento stated that WIREC invitatio [...] |
2007-10-17 15:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07LISBON3194 |
PORTUGAL CLAIMS EU DELIGHTED WITH BALI RESULTS [...] (C/NF) Fausto Brito e Abreu (protect), Advisor to Portugal,s Secretary of State for Environment Humberto Rosa, told post the EU was delighted with the final Bali text as a starting point for negotiations. He said the EU never would have imagined that, following the Major Economies Meeting in [...] |
2007-12-20 14:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KGHG SENV ENRG PO EUN |
| 07LONDON3141 |
HMG DOES NOT SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH USG ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Action Request: Post received the comments at para 2 in response to ref A, from Danny Powers, Head of the International Branch, Aviation Environment Division, UK Department for Transport. HMG requests USG support and endorsement of its position as set out in para 2. 2. (SBU) Begin HM [...] |
2007-08-14 16:14:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD SENV KGHG ECON UK |
| 07LONDON3338 |
SENATOR BOXER HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON CARBON [...] Summary: Senator Barbara Boxer heard strongly positive views from HMG, heavy industry and the investment community on the UK,s experience with carbon cap-and-trade systems as a tool for addressing climate change. Many of HMG officials who handle climate change are new to their portfolios, and [...] |
2007-08-31 12:19:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP SENV KGHG PREL UK IZ AF SU |
| 07LONDON3356 |
HMG PARTICIPATION REMAINS UNDECIDED FOR THE MAJOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-04 12:53:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
| 07LONDON3675 |
UK Welcomes MEM Forum; Will Seek Targets, Cap and Trade; [...] (SBU) Summary: DEFRA's Henry Derwent, Director of the Climate Change Office, told ESTH Counselor on September 21 that the UK strongly welcomes the Major Economies Meeting (MEM), is "delighted" by the focus on technology and technology transfer, and is pleased with the engagement of private bus [...] |
2007-09-25 07:46:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UK |
| 07LONDON3940 |
ANTARCTIC FISHERIES/CCAMLR MEETING ) UK DRESSED TO [...] UK Foreign Office Polar Regions Unit Chief Jane Rumble met ESTH Counselor on October 11 to discuss October 22 ) November 2 meeting in Hobart of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) (reftel). Rumble said that the HMG supports the substance of USG p [...] |
2007-10-16 08:04:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KGHG UK |
| 07LONDON4297 |
PM Brown Announces "Marshall Plan" on Climate [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 19 speech, Prime Minister Gordon Brown reaffirmed the UK's commitment to 60% cuts in carbon emissions by 2050 and 20% of energy in the EU from renewable sources by 2020, and called for a "Marshall Plan" on climate to assist developing countries. He pledged $2.74 [...] |
2007-11-20 12:21:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG UK |
| 07LONDON4442 |
UK'S KEY BALI OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) The following are points from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Climate Security Team regarding the United Kingdom's key objectives for the Bali Summit on Climate Change. HMG has targeted goals for aviation and maritime emissions and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) targe [...] |
2007-12-03 16:39:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG UK |
| 07MADRID1823 |
EMBASSY MADRID PROPOSAL FOR U.S.-SPAIN RENEWABLE [...] Summary: Consistent with our Mission Strategic Plan, Embassy Madrid is launching an initiative to increase linkages between Spanish and U.S. government and private sector leaders in the area of renewable energy. Spanish firms are world leaders in renewable energy technology, and there is inc [...] |
2007-09-19 16:24:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON ENRG EINV KGHG KPAO SENV SP |
| 07MADRID1997 |
HIGH-LEVEL SPANISH GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-22 07:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG |
| 07MADRID2054 |
SPANISH RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES RECOMMENDED FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KPAO KSCA SENV SOCI TRGY KGHG |
| 07MADRID2126 |
SPAIN SEEKS TO BE PART OF INNER CIRCLE ON CLIMATE [...] In a Nov. 8 meeting with DCM, GoS Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of Environment for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change Arturo Aizpiri emphasized Spain,s desire to be part of the inner group of countries focusing on a solution to global climate change. Aizpiri noted the GoS' concer [...] |
2007-11-16 18:09:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
| 07MADRID2132 |
SPAIN SEEKS TO BE PART OF INNER CIRCLE ON CLIMATE [...] In a Nov. 8 meeting with DCM, GoS Secretary General (Vice-Minister) of Environment for Prevention of Pollution and Climate Change Arturo Aizpiri emphasized Spain,s desire to be part of the inner group of countries focusing on a solution to global climate change. Aizpiri noted the GoS' concer [...] |
2007-11-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
| 07MADRID2183 |
MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL/AG UPDATE - NOVEMBER [...] Table of Contents: EFIN: Inflation up again PGOV: Solbes agrees to run with Zapatero PGOV/SENV/KGHG/ENRG: Socialist climate change policy ideas in flux PGOV/ELAB: Opposition conservative PP proposes labor market change EAGR: Livestock producers receive subsidies; biotech could address pro [...] |
2007-12-03 13:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD KGHG KIPR PGOV SENV |
| 07MADRID2277 |
FAVORABLE SPANISH REACTIONS TO USG ROLE IN BALI [...] (U) Spanish officials and commentators have praised the USG's role in contributing to the success of last week's UNFCC conference in Bali. Environment Minister Christina Narbona told reporters that the U.S. had taken a "very important step" toward reducing future emissions, and she valued the [...] |
2007-12-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV SP |
| 07MANILA3694 |
Philippine Delegation List to Washington International [...] Per ref A request for invitees from the Philippine government to WIREC 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines has suggested that invitations be sent to the following individuals: - Department of Foreign Affairs, 2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines Secretary A [...] |
2007-11-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA RP |
| 07MANILA3847 |
Engaging The Philippines On Climate Change In The Run-Up To [...] Summary: Ambassador and country team have conveyed, publicly and privately, U.S. positions on climate change and the importance of the Bali meetings with senior officials and key audiences. Longstanding USG environmental programs and public diplomacy in support of the environment provide a re [...] |
2007-12-05 08:27:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV ENRG KGHG RP |
| 07MUNICH463 |
BIOGAS IN BAVARIA: A MODEL FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE? [...] ConGen Munich visited a biomethane plant in Pliening, Bavaria built and run by Schmack Biogas AG, a leader in the biogas field. The plant is a showcase for the state of the art in biogas technology, and an example of the potential of biomass as a fuel source. Schmack representatives are optim [...] |
2007-08-13 05:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL ENRG TRGY KGHG GM |
| 07NAIROBI3167 |
KENYA WANTS GREATER ACCESS TO GEOSPATIAL IMAGERY TO REDUCE [...] Summary: Speaking at a recent international conference in Nairobi, Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai said that increased access to geospatial information can help countries like Kenya to improve management of natural resources, reduce conflict promote sustainable use of resour [...] |
2007-08-06 07:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON KE |
| 07NAIROBI3209 |
KENYA'S WANGARI MAATHAI CONTINUES TO SPEAK OUT [...] Summary: Kenya's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai, recipient of the 2007 Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights, continues to be a forceful advocate for better governance as a path to environmentally sustainable economic development in Kenya and across Africa. Her ability [...] |
2007-08-09 06:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON PGOV KCOR KE |
| 07NEWDELHI3668 |
LIEBERMAN ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Joseph Lieberman met on August 10 in New Delhi with Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director, Ambassador Chandrashekher Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, and other senior staff of The Energy and [...] |
2007-08-13 09:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3809 |
STAFFDEL KILLION ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with GOI ministries as well as Indian NGOs from August 8 to 10, Senior Professional Staff Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee David Killion introduced H.R. 2420, the congressional blueprint for a post-Kyoto global agreement known as the Internati [...] |
2007-08-21 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP SENV ENRG TSPL ECON TRGY KSCA KGHG IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4766 |
ANGELA MERKEL TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be accompanied by a large private business delegation when she visits New Delhi October 29, and her visit will focus on Indo-German bilateral ties rather than EU and multilateral issues such as the NSG. German and Indian officials are expected [...] |
2007-10-29 01:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KGHG SENV |
| 07NEWDELHI4815 |
ASIA-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Founding Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) Partners Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the United States officially welcomed Canada as the seventh member of the Partnership at a productive Ministerial Meeting hosted by the Government of India in New [...] |
2007-10-31 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON KGHG KSCA IN |
| 07OSLO1007 |
WIREC MINISTERIAL DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07PARAMARIBO316 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S NEW INTERNATIONAL [...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA) June 13, 2007. Craig said that he was unaware of President Bush's proposal that addressed climate change. Poloff shared the USG views on the key issues per reftel, parag [...] |
2007-06-21 19:03:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV NS |
| 07PARIS3392 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 9, EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan met with officials from France's Ministry of Ecology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Prime Minister's office, to discuss the President's September 27-28 Major Economies Conference. The French were supportive of the initiat [...] |
2007-08-13 10:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON FR |
| 07PARIS4586 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-27 18:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR |
| 07PARIS4618 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: FRANCE ON THE EVE OF BALI [...] (C) Summary: U.S. and French approaches to reducing GHG emissions diverge dramatically. Jean-Louis Borloo, State Minister for the 'super' Ministry for the Environment told the Ambassador pointedly that, in his opinion, the U.S. was not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the [...] |
2007-11-30 16:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL FR |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1159 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S TAKE ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy-rich Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) is not the typical tourism-dependant, energy importing Caribbean nation, and at the upcoming UN Climate Change conference, its position may be less defined than that of its neighbors. With its industrial base and high per capita greenhouse g [...] |
2007-11-29 20:42:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TD |
| 07PORTOFSPAIN1206 |
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - [...] Prime Minister on Climate Change 2. Central Bank Governor on inflation, currency value 3. Rising food prices 4. Laqtel fined by TATT 5. Increasing tourism traffic on Tobago 6. Trinidadian appointed UNEP Assistant SecGen  [...] |
2007-12-21 18:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KGHG EIND ETRD EWWT ECPS KHIV |
| 07PRETORIA3586 |
WASHINGTON RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE INFORMATION [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07REYKJAVIK308 |
ICELAND WILL LIKELY ATTEND WIREC 2008 [...] Officials in the Natural Resource Department at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs conveyed strong interest in attending Washington International Renewable Energy Conference in March 2008 but were unable to give a confirmed delegation roster this far in advance. Ambassador engaged Mini [...] |
2007-10-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG KSCA TRGY IC |
| 07ROME1265 |
ITALIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S NEW CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Italian Minister of Environment's categorical public call for binding CO2 emission reduction targets for all countries, the Chief Climate Change Negotiator said that the GOI has not yet formulated an official reaction to President Bush's May 31 climate change framew [...] |
2007-06-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG IT |
| 07SANTODOMINGO2459 |
WIREC 2008 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-30 18:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07SEOUL3088 |
SOUTH KOREAN VIEWS ON MAJOR ECONOMIES' MEETING AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A member of the South Korean delegation to the September 27-28 Major Economies' Meeting (MEM) opined that a successful outcome for the MEM process depends, in large part, on 1) limiting the scope and ambition of the process, and 2) bypassing France's offer to host the second mee [...] |
2007-10-12 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KSCA KS |
| 07SINGAPORE2148 |
ENGAGING SINGAPORE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN RUN-UP TO [...] (SBU) Singapore officials have welcomed ref A points and other information we have provided as part of our engagement with Singapore in the run-up to the UN Climate Conference in Bali this month. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's Principal Private Secretary (PPS) Lawrence Wong confirmed to the [...] |
2007-12-05 01:43:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON ETRD PREL SN |
| 07STATE138428 |
REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON MINISTERIAL DELEGATIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 7-9. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Background: As described in reftel, on May 1, 2007 Secretary Rice announced that the State Department will SIPDIS host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) i [...] |
2007-10-01 23:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA |
| 07STATE161170 |
UNGA: INSTRUCTIONS TO CALL FOR VOTE ON PARAGRAPH [...] USUN is instructed to call for a vote and vote "no" on operational paragraph 11 of agenda item 56 (d) - Sustainable development: protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind and to deliver the EOV contained in paragraph 2 prior to the vote on this paragraph. 2 [...] |
2007-11-28 19:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN KGHG SENV ECON |
| 07STATE161819 |
UNGA: INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] Mission is instructed to join consensus on the following UNGA resolutions: Agenda Item 54 (g): Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) on its Twenty-fourth Session; Agenda Item 54 (a): Implementation of Agenda 21, the program for further implement [...] |
2007-11-30 00:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UN KGHG SENV ECON |
| 07THEHAGUE1897 |
WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] Econoff delivered reftel request for Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008 delegation information on October 10 to Femke Smeets, Policy Officer, Directorate General for Foreign Economic Relations, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs (MEA). 2. Smeets said the GON [...] |
2007-10-16 11:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG NL |
| 07THEHAGUE1966 |
NETHERLANDS/WIREC: DUTCH ECONOMIC MINISTER SEEKING [...] In response to ref A request, Post reported on October 16 Dutch Economic Affairs Minister Maria van der Hoeven's interest in attending WIREC and per ref B offered possible Dutch invitees for the conference. 2. In a subsequent discussion November 1, Taco Westerhuis, Senior Energy Advisor, [...] |
2007-11-05 15:34:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG NL |
| 07TOKYO3739 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: NPP SHUTDOWN [...] Summary: According to a joint Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) interim report issued on August 10, Japan will miss its Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction target by 20-34 million tons per year (1.5-2.7 percent of total emissions) if it maintains [...] |
2007-08-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG JA |
| 07TOKYO4883 |
WIREC: JAPAN UNDECIDED, SUGGESTS MINISTER-LEVEL [...] (SBU) As requested in reftel, Post contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) about GOJ participation at the March 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). According to Eriko Hamashiro of MOFA's Economic Security Division, the GOJ is unlikely to decide b [...] |
2007-10-19 02:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA JA |
| 07TOKYO5407 |
BALI AND BEYOND -- JAPAN CONSIDERING SECTORAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is going into the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in Bali (UNFCCC/COP 13) with different ministries participating, but expressing differing views. Questions of Chinese and Indian participation in any further targets for cutting greenhouse gases (GHG) weigh [...] |
2007-12-02 23:38:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL JA |
| 07TOKYO5655 |
DNSA PRICE ENGAGES JAPANESE ON DOHA, BEEF, CHINA, [...] (C) Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Daniel Price directly engaged Japanese politicians, business figures, and officials in Tokyo December 5 - 7 on the margins of the U.S./Japan Sub-Cabinet meetings and stressed the need to avoi [...] |
2007-12-26 05:14:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KGHG EAGR ETRD SENV JA |
| 07TRIPOLI993 |
MINISTERIAL DELEGATIONS TO WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2007-11-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA LY |
| 07TUNIS1422 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WIREC 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-10-25 15:20:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID SENV KSCA EPET TRGY KGHG TS |
| 07ULAANBAATAR620 |
MONGOLIA'S MEGA-FISH IN FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Mongolia the taimen, a giant member of the salmon family and a prized catch for sport fishermen, is becoming increasingly rare and facing a number of threats. This was underlined October 17 at a taimen conservation conference in Ulaanbaatar. Hucho Taimen (aka Siberian taimen [...] |
2007-10-30 07:03:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PGOV ECON EAID MG |
| 07USUNNEWYORK1163 |
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CLIMATE CHANGE [...] No summary [...] |
2007-12-13 22:48:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK436 |
CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE: UNSYG'S "GREAT INTEREST" [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 3. 2. (SBU) In a May 31 encounter, UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon expressed to PermRep his "great interest" in the President's climate change initiative (reftels), and his desire to ensure coordination between the U.S. and UN efforts. [...] |
2007-06-01 21:13:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG |
| 07USUNNEWYORK475 |
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE: JULY [...] (SBU) General Assembly President (PGA) Sheikha Haya al-Khalifa informed missions in a June 9 letter that the GA informal thematic debate "Climate Change as a global challenge" has now been officially scheduled for July 31-August 1. The GA debate had been requested by the New York Committee of [...] |
2007-06-13 15:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK573 |
U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEF UNSYG ON PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE [...] (C) White House CEQ Chairman Connaughton and Under Secretary Dobriansky briefed UN Secretary-General Ban on the SIPDIS President's May 31 climate change initiative (reftel) during a June 18 meeting at the UN. Connaughton and Dobriansky clarified the USG goals and how the initiative would c [...] |
2007-07-13 19:19:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KGHG SENV PREL KPKO SU |
| 07USUNNEWYORK648 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ATTESTS TO [...] Nearly 100 member states delivered remarks during the July 31-August 2 informal thematic debate of the General Assembly on climate change. The theme of "common but differentiated responsibilities" ran through the speeches with developed countries pledging continued reductions of greenhouse gas [...] |
2007-08-07 23:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV KGHG UNGA |
| 07USUNNEWYORK903 |
UNSYG BAN'S PRE-BALI CLIMATE CHANGE BRIEFER FROM [...] (SBU) In an October 18 briefing memo to the UN Secretary-General summarizing events and possible actions SIPDIS leading up to the December ministerial in Bali, Yvo de Boer, the UN's top climate change official, says he expects an Indonesian-hosted pre-ministerial in Bogor October 23-25 to r [...] |
2007-10-23 16:12:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KGHG SENV |
| 07VATICAN149 |
HOLY SEE: INTEREST IN WIREC 2008 [...] Charge d'affaires provided Ref A information October 8 to Dr. Paolo Conversi, the responsible official for multilateral environmental issues in the Holy See's foreign ministry. Conversi was personally very interested but has not yet been able to confirm whether the Vatican wishes to participate [...] |
2007-10-15 14:11:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA VT |
| 07VIENNA2631 |
WIREC 2008 - AUSTRIA CANNOT YET CONFIRM PARTICIPATION AT [...] Post contacted Katharina Wieser from the MFA's Department for Environment and Energy Issues to inquire about Austria's participation at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008). After consulting with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment and the Ministry of [...] |
2007-10-16 09:29:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA AU |
| 07VIENNA2914 |
BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: AUSTRIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) Environment Minister Josef Proell told the Charge on December 6 that Austria was supportive of U.S. efforts to develop a Bali roadmap. Proell recognized that any post-Kyoto agreement needed to include flexibility for national plans, but he stressed that Austria supported the EU goal of [...] |
2007-12-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG AU |
| 07VIENNA2976 |
BALI RESULTS: SPLIT REACTIONS IN AUSTRIA [...] Austrian reactions to the results of the UNFCCC Bali conference were not uniform, even not within the Austrian government. Overall, government representatives and NGOs were relieved that the "roadmap" is on track, but criticized the lack of progress on numerical reduction goals. Thus, univer [...] |
2007-12-18 15:17:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG PREL PGOV AU |
| 07WELLINGTON695 |
CLARK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Helen Clark announced on September 20 her government's plan to significantly reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. This comprehensive plan would establish an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) designed to impose prices to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Th [...] |
2007-09-24 20:39:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL NZ KGHG |
| 08AMMAN408 |
Status of Jordan's WIREC Participation [...] (U) Jordan is expected to send an official delegation to WIREC 2008, but needs additional time to finalize its participation. The Ambassador has conveyed the invitation to Foreign Minister Al-Bashir per refs A and B. Additionally, through a diplomatic note to the relevant ministries, the Emb [...] |
2008-02-07 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO |
| 08AMMAN632 |
Jordan's Official Delegation to WIREC [...] (U) Jordan's official five-member delegation to WIREC 2008 will be led by Minister of Environment Khaled Irani and include the following officials: -- Mr. Maher Matalka, Head of the Economic Department, Royal Hashemite Court; -- Mr. Malek Kabariti, Head of the National Energy Research Cente [...] |
2008-02-27 12:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV EAID EPET KGHG OPDC TRGY JO |
| 08AMMAN674 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION LINKING [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC JO |
| 08ASHGABAT1025 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT OF [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG KSCA AORC TX |
| 08ASUNCION96 |
WIREC INVITATION SENT TO PARAGUAYAN MINISTERS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI |
| 08ATHENS1388 |
BIOFUELS: GREECE TRYING TO GET IN THE GAME [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel points to the Advisor to the Secretary General of Energy and Natural Sources Viky Georgakopoulou. Following the proposed legislation on the Renewable Fuels Directive in the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Parliament, Georgakopoulou said the G [...] |
2008-10-02 07:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN GR |
| 08ATHENS1411 |
ENVIRONMENTALISTS FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT IN GREECE [...] (C) Summary: As part of the Embassy's initiative to expand its dialogue on the environment, the Ambassador hosted a September 23 lunch for Greek NGO environmentalists. A key point raised included the challenges of protecting the environment against big business interests, such as tourism an [...] |
2008-10-09 04:37:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY GR |
| 08ATHENS1457 |
DAS GRAFFY MEETS WITH GREEK PARLIAMENTARIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 8, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Public Diplomacy for Europe and EurAsia Colleen Graffy met with several Members of Parliament (MP) from the Greek Special Standing Committee on Protection of the Environment. The discussion focused largely on managing carbon [...] |
2008-10-20 06:35:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY PREL PGOV OSCE AF GR |
| 08ATHENS1481 |
RNEWABLES: A HOT SECTOR STYMIED BY THE USUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With pleny of natural sunlight and wind, Greece is well-positioned to tap into one of the hottest sectors in the energy market. Although improving the investment climate for green renewable energy sources (RES), particularly solar energy, is a priority, the Greek Government s [...] |
2008-10-29 06:46:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR |
| 08ATHENS1504 |
RENEWABLES MARKET IN GREECE - OPIC-SUPPORTED [...] (SBU) Post believes that at this time Greece is not yet ready for investment in the renewables sector given bureaucratic hurdles and a substantial backlog of projects. (See reftel d for details on the renewables sector in Greece.) Despite strong growth potential and a high priority given to [...] |
2008-10-31 15:51:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR IS |
| 08ATHENS1538 |
THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: GREECE'S VIEW ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 7 meeting with advisors at the Secretary General of Energy and Natural Sources to the Ministry of Development, Greek interlocutors said they were fully on board with the need for the EU Climate and Energy Package, but did not think it would get approved by all EU [...] |
2008-11-10 15:12:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG SENV TRGY GR |
| 08BAMAKO223 |
MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 15:12:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC ML |
| 08BEIJING4495 |
Coal Bed and Coal Mine Methane (CBM/CMM) in China: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A two-day international symposium and follow-on workshop on coal bed/coal mine methane (CBM/CMM) and carbon trade in China was held December 4-5, 2008, in Beijing. Both the symposium and workshop stressed progress made in existing CBM/CMM projects, the opportunity for future p [...] |
2008-12-11 01:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG CH |
| 08BEIJING758 |
CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 29 DELIVERED TO MFA REFTEL POINTS ON THE MALDIVES' RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE PROPOSED AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S 7TH SESSION IN MARCH. MFA INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS DIVISION DEPUTY DIRECTOR ZHAO XING [...] |
2008-03-03 08:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KGHG PGOV PREL UNHRC MV CH |
| 08BERLIN1026 |
GERMANY MAY NAME OFFICIAL DELEGATES TO THE METHANE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has repeatedly engaged German Environment Ministry (BMU) officials to encourage their active participation in the Methane to Markets (M2M) Partnership. While Germany became a Partner Country to the Partnership in July 2006, it has yet submit the name [...] |
2008-07-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM |
| 08BERLIN109 |
MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - FINALIZED GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The German delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting has been finalized and will now include a representative of the Federal Chancellery in addition to those from the Environment and Foreign Affairs Ministries. In response to the action request (REF A), the Environment Mi [...] |
2008-01-25 11:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM |
| 08BERLIN273 |
GERMANY BACKS MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION, [...] (SBU) On February 28, ECONOFF delivered reftel points to Karsten Sach, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation at the Environment Ministry. Sach is also Germany's lead climate negotiator. Sach passed our request to both Christian Lindemann and Marcus Schroeder, who handle inter [...] |
2008-03-04 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08BERLIN320 |
GERMANY UNCONVINCED OF FEASIBILITY OF MAJOR [...] (SBU) ECONOFF delivered ref A points to Karsten Sach, Environment Ministry Deputy Director General for International Cooperation (and Germany's lead climate negotiator). Sach was familiar with the points, which were similar to points made by Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Ji [...] |
2008-03-13 16:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM |
| 08BERLIN38 |
GERMANY TO ATTEND JANUARY 30 MEM DESPITE MISGIVINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany will send a delegation to the January 30 Major Economies Meeting (MEM) although they remain skeptical about the value-added that the Major Economies Process (MEP) brings to the UNFCCC process. German officials are expressing concerns about the frequency and scope of the [...] |
2008-01-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL GM |
| 08BERLIN407 |
WIREC - GERMAN PLEDGES AND REACTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many of Germany's pledges included in the Washington International Action Program (WIAP) from the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) were similar to climate and energy measures already agreed to by the German Cabinet in August 2007. Additional commitme [...] |
2008-04-01 12:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA GM |
| 08BERLIN428 |
ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY DECISION ON BIOETHANOL WILL [...] On April 4, German media reported on Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel's decision to abandon a planned increase in the unlabeled blending mandate for bioethanol in gasoline from five percent to ten percent. However, according to Embassy contacts in leading biofuel industry groups, not a si [...] |
2008-04-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG ENRG EUN GM |
| 08BERLIN475 |
AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 15 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Environment Minister Gabriel told the Ambassador that Germany recognizes the role sectoral approaches will play in supporting global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Gabriel views the Major Economies Process as the key forum for building consensus to support [...] |
2008-04-16 10:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA GM |
| 08BERLIN493 |
GERMAN CONFERENCE PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: German officials say they plan to work with "like-minded" countries to establish the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this fall, regardless of whether major developed nations support the endeavor. According to the German proposal, IRENA would offer policy advice, f [...] |
2008-04-18 17:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN GM |
| 08BOGOTA1165 |
STATUS OF COLOMBIAN VOLUNTARY PLEDGE FOR WIREC 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-28 21:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA CO |
| 08BOGOTA1486 |
WORLD HEALTH DAY ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA [...] In response to reftel Econoff contacted Luz Estella Mendez, Director of the Office of International Cooperation for the Colombian Ministry of Social Protection. Mendez said the Colombian government joined with the World Health Organization (WHO) to celebrate World Health Day in two important [...] |
2008-04-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV UNGA WHO KGHG TBIO KPAO CO |
| 08BRASILIA1112 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: BRAZIL WILL CONSIDER USG NOMINATION FOR [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology Counselor met on August 15 with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Director of the Division of Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development, Cou [...] |
2008-08-15 21:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG KSCA SENV AORC BR |
| 08BRASILIA113 |
CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRASILIA AND BELEM [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Bill Nelson visited Brazil November 27-30, 2007, focusing primarily on environmental issues, biofuels, and national security matters. He met with key Brazilians in the national gove [...] |
2008-01-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV KGHG EAGR TRGY BR |
| 08BRASILIA1159 |
BRAZIL LAUNCHES ITS AMAZON FUND, BUT WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 1, President Lula signed Decree 6527 calling on the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) to create the "Fundo Amazonia" (or Amazon Fund), a new tool to help reduce Brazil's [...] |
2008-09-02 11:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG EFIN NO BR |
| 08BRASILIA1172 |
NREL EXPERT ON RENEWABLE ENERGY RECEIVES RAVE REVIEWS IN [...] Renewable energies expert Dr. Doug Arent from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) spoke at a series of events in Chile and Argentina on energy technology and energy efficiency, issues of primary importance to the national security of these two countries. Dr. Arent's visit was [...] |
2008-09-05 11:13:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG KGHG ECON CI AR XR BR |
| 08BRASILIA13 |
BRAZIL: SEN. BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a November 27 conversation with Senator Bill Nelson (Florida), the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy, Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas, discussed relati [...] |
2008-01-03 19:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP SENV KGHG KPKO EAGR TRGY PREL HA VE BR |
| 08BRASILIA131 |
MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II: BRAZIL DELEGATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian delegation to the second Major Economies Meeting (MEM2) in Honolulu has changed little in terms of personnel. What we do see, however, is a remarkable change in terms of their [...] |
2008-01-25 19:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG KSCA BR |
| 08BRASILIA1377 |
BRAZIL-DEFORESTATION: GREAT CONCERN BUT LITTLE ASSISTANCE, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a September 8 meeting, representatives of key European and Asia-Pacific countries outlined their current and planned financial and technical assistance to Brazil to help combat deforestati [...] |
2008-10-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG EFIN NO BR |
| 08BRASILIA1462 |
BRAZIL'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE PLAN - NON-BINDING, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has released its draft National Plan for Climate Change, which it intends to submit at the Poznan UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference [...] |
2008-11-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG EAGR KGHG ECON EFIN BR |
| 08BRASILIA1472 |
BRAZIL: CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) REFTEL A asked how the Brazilian government may have changed organizationally with respect to climate change over the past 12-18 months. Post's answers are keyed to questions. 3. (SBU) HAS YOUR [...] |
2008-11-13 09:59:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG BR |
| 08BRASILIA1565 |
GERMANY SEEKS TO EXPAND ITS SUBSTANIAL ASSISTANCE TO BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Germany has long been the leading contributor of financial and technical assistance to Brazil on deforestation and climate change. It is looking to expand its substantial program of technic [...] |
2008-12-05 18:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KSCA KGHG BR GM |
| 08BRASILIA1666 |
BRAZIL: ANNUAL 2007/2008 REPORTS SHOWS MIXED RESULTS IN [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In its annual deforestation report, the Brazilian National Space Research Institute (INPE) concluded that for the August 2007 to July 2008 period deforestation in the Amazon Forest rose by 3 [...] |
2008-12-29 10:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG KSCA EAGR BR |
| 08BRASILIA664 |
BRAZIL: GREEN LIGHT TO NEGOTIATE A TROPICAL FOREST [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Environment Department, Min. Figueiredo Machado, informed Post that the Government of Brazil wants to begin negotiations t [...] |
2008-05-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR |
| 08BRASILIA712 |
Brazil - Focus on Forest Fire Prevention [...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian environmental protection agency (IBAMA) and its forest fire prevention unit (PREVFOGO) are seeking ways to better control forest fires. These efforts included the organization of two seminars in March 2008 focused on promotion of inter-agency coordination and advanced [...] |
2008-05-27 10:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG EAGR EAID SOCI BR |
| 08BRASILIA735 |
Brazil - Areas of Interest in Cooperation With USG on [...] SUMMARY: Brazilian officials have identified a range of areas for possible cooperation with the USG on forest fire control and prevention. Opportunities on forest fire themes include: interagency coordination; remote monitoring; incident command training; fire management; and environmental e [...] |
2008-05-30 10:27:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG EAGR EAID BR |
| 08BRASILIA736 |
BRAZIL LAUNCHES FORUM ON ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: The Brazilian Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) has launched a climate change forum to focus on analyzing the main economic, social, and environmental impacts of climate change. IPEA has a demonstrated reputation of substantial experience in the economic valuation of envi [...] |
2008-05-30 10:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG EAGR TBIO BR |
| 08BRASILIA750 |
BRAZIL LAUNCHES ANOTHER PLAN FOR A SUSTAINABLE AMAZON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 8, 2008, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva unveiled a package of 16 measures called the Plan for a Sustainable Amazon (PAS). The plan is long on good intentions and hints [...] |
2008-06-03 19:43:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAGR ECON BR |
| 08BRATISLAVA424 |
SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS EU BIOFUELS TARGET [...] Econoff conveyed reftel points separately to Ministry of Economy (MinEc) officials Juraj Novak, Chief State Counsellor, Energy and Raw Materials Policy Department, and Martin Pitorak, Senior State Counsellor, Energy Section, Department of International Relations in Energy. The GoS generally s [...] |
2008-09-23 17:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY TBIO EUN SIPDIS LO |
| 08BRIDGETOWN137 |
MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Maldive's resolution on climate change and human rights were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0170, Barbados #0171, Dominica #0172, St. Christopher and Nevis #0173, St. Lucia #0174, St. Vincent [...] |
2008-03-04 14:14:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08BRIDGETOWN14 |
WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letter from Secretary Rice was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0020, Barbados #0021, St. Kitts #0022, and St. Lucia #0023) on January 08, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post WIREC POC is [...] |
2008-01-08 18:20:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO OPDC XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN72 |
POST CANNOT CONTRIBUTE FUNDS FOR WIREC DELEGATION [...] In response to the Department's request (Reftel) for post funding for delegates to attend WIREC, post has determined that no discretionary funds are available for this purpose. Post has no reason to believe that funding presents an obstacle to Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevi [...] |
2008-02-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY XL |
| 08BRIDGETOWN88 |
WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, invitation letters under Ambassador Oursiman's signature were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Dominica #0120 and St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0121) on February 12, 2008. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this d [...] |
2008-02-13 19:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY DO VC XL |
| 08BRUSSELS1439 |
EU: PARLIAMENT AGREES ON RENEWABLES DIRECTIVE; [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Parliament,s Industry Committee on September 11 reached an agreement on a set of compromise amendments during the first reading on the Commission,s proposed Renewable Energy Directive. However, this only represents the EP,s negotiating position, and it is likely t [...] |
2008-09-17 11:57:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN |
| 08BRUSSELS1629 |
CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE PASSES COMMITTEE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Parliament's Environment Committee (ENVI) on October 7 passed legislation on the revisions to the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), Member State burdens to meet the EU's emissions reduction goals, and the implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS). These thre [...] |
2008-10-21 16:01:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ENRG EU EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TRGY |
| 08BRUSSELS1686 |
STATE OF PLAY OF EU'S CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Union, headed by the French Presidency, is trying to finalize a Climate and Energy Package before the end of the year. The Package includes directives on Europe's cap and trade system and the methods to meet Europe's "20-20-20 in 2020 goals" (20% emissions cut as c [...] |
2008-10-31 16:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
| 08BRUSSELS1748 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: OUTREACH TO BELGIUM ON POZNAN [...] In separate meetings on November 14 with officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment, Economic officer shared reftel points regarding the December Poznan UN climate change conference, focusing on the firm U.S. commitment to success in Cope [...] |
2008-11-18 14:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV BE |
| 08BRUSSELS1768 |
EUROPEAN UNION UPDATES BIOFUELS GHG VALUES; U.S. [...] (U) The European Council has modified the values used to determine the lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for biofuels feedstocks, used to determine whether a feedstock saves enough in greenhouse gas emissions to be counted toward the EU-wide target of 10% of transport fuels coming from [...] |
2008-11-21 17:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
| 08BRUSSELS1770 |
MEMBER STATES SKEPTICAL ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from several EU Member States have expressed skepticism that the EU will be able to come to compromise on all aspects of the Climate and Energy Package in time for an agreement by the end of the year, but each stated with differing levels of surety that an elevent [...] |
2008-11-21 17:24:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
| 08BRUSSELS1771 |
LINES DRAWN WITHIN EU OVER CCS [...] One component of the EU's Climate and Energy Package of legislative proposals is to promote the development and deployment of clean coal technologies through the principle of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The proposal calls for the construction of 10-12 pilot projects by 2015, to facilita [...] |
2008-11-21 17:32:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
| 08BRUSSELS1854 |
GROWING OPTIMISM ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY PACKAGE [...] The horse-trading is moving at a furious pace in Brussels as efforts to finalize the EU,s Climate and Energy package appear to be yielding fruit. The French, in their capacity as Council President, have been holding meetings of representatives from member states (COREPER) and between Commissi [...] |
2008-12-05 16:25:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY |
| 08BUCHAREST163 |
ROMANIA WILL ALLOW MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-29 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC |
| 08BUCHAREST889 |
ROMANIA: UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - POZNAN, POLAND, [...] On November 12, EconOff transmitted reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director for UN and Specialized Institutions Gabriela Tanjala and to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development's (MESD) Chief of Department in the Climate Change Directorate, Vla [...] |
2008-11-17 15:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV ENRG RO |
| 08BUDAPEST1058 |
SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY TALKS PIPELINES, CLIMATE POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his two-day trip to Budapest to take part in an energy conference, Special Envoy Gray held a series of meetings with regional energy officials and experts. These conversations revealed that despite recent Russian diplomatic and financial setbacks, Gazprom and its partner [...] |
2008-11-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PGOV SENV KGHG HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1144 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: OUTREACH TO HUNGARY ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Foley delivered USG talking points on the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to Hungarian Minister of Environment Szabo on November 20, and ESTH Hub Officer followed up with Hungarian climat [...] |
2008-11-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV HU US EUN |
| 08BUDAPEST1145 |
EU BIOFUEL SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered the talking points received in Ref A to Zsuzsanna Bibok, head of the Air, Noise and Transport Unit at the Ministry of Environment and Water, and to her assistant, Mate Kovacs. Bibok seemed generally receptive to U.S. views concerning biofuel sustainability criteria, b [...] |
2008-12-01 07:59:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU |
| 08BUDAPEST1227 |
HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...] |
2008-12-23 14:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU |
| 08BUDAPEST800 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG NOMINATION FOR CO-CHAIR [...] On August 7, ESTH Hub Officer and ESTH FSN presented talking points in reftel to Tibor Farago, Head of the Ministry of Environment,s Strategy Department, who will represent Hungary at the 29th plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva in early September. [...] |
2008-08-08 09:01:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG KSCA SENV AORC HU |
| 08BUDAPEST963 |
HUNGARY: VIEWS ON EU BIOFUELS PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hungary is supportive of EU efforts on biofuels, which are generally in accord with steps Hungary is already taking. However, there are some differing viewpoints between the two ministries principally involved in formulating Hungary's approach to renewable energy. The Energy [...] |
2008-10-01 12:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN HU |
| 08CANBERRA1265 |
AUSTRALIA FEELING HEAT AT POZNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A year after being widely praised for signing the Kyoto Protocol at the Bali Climate Change Conference, PM Kevin Rudd's government is now coming under fire to an unexpected degree for appearing to take a more conservative approach at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [...] |
2008-12-12 03:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA1278 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...] |
2008-12-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA1279 |
CLIMATE CHANGE: PM TARGETS 5% EMISSIONS CUT BY 2020 [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Rudd released the Government's White Paper on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on December 15, which commits Australia to reducing emissions by 5% from 2000 levels (4% from 1990 levels) by 2020. The plan holds out the option of increasing the target to 15% of [...] |
2008-12-15 20:53:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ECON AS |
| 08CANBERRA898 |
AUSTRALIAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian officials tasked with coordinating their proposed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Initiative (GCCSI) with international partners this week reiterated PM Rudd's strong interest in moving this forward, with a public rollout in the coming weeks. Australia will work t [...] |
2008-09-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV ENRG KGHG PREL AS |
| 08CANBERRA902 |
AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON EMISSIONS TRADING AND UNFCCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Climate Change (DCC) Secretary Martin Parkinson, who is in charge of developing Australia's emissions trading plan, highlighted the challenges of dealing with Emissions Intensive Trade Exposed (EITE) industries and the importance of the U.S. role in international [...] |
2008-09-12 04:57:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV KGHG PREL AS |
| 08CHISINAU830 |
MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE REGARDING USG [...] No summary [...] |
2008-08-18 08:16:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG KSCA SENV AORC MD |
| 08COLOMBO811 |
MALDIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INSTRUCTIONS TO DISCUSS PSIDS [...] (SBU) We conveyed on August 21 reftel points on our position on the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS) resolution to Third Secretary Mohamed Niyaz at the Maldives High Commission in Colombo. We followed up this week with First Secretary Lauza Ali for a substantive response on Augu [...] |
2008-08-28 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA SENV AORC KGHG PREL ECON CE |
| 08COLOMBO812 |
MALDIVES DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INSTRUCTIONS TO DISCUSS PSIDS [...] (SBU) We conveyed on August 21 reftel points on our position on the Pacific Small Islands Developing States (PSIDS) resolution to Third Secretary Mohamed Niyaz at the Maldives High Commission in Colombo. We followed up this week with First Secretary Lauza Ali for a substantive response on Augu [...] |
2008-08-28 09:49:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA SENV AORC KGHG PREL ECON CE |
| 08CONAKRY90 |
Guinea Celebrates World Health Day [...] (U) Reftel requests that post report on World Health Day activities in country. The Embassy posted on their website information on World Health Day 2008 along with links to USG climate change policy and USG activities to protect health from climate change. 2. (U) The Government of Guinea h [...] |
2008-04-14 14:16:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV UNGA WHO KGHG TBIO KPAO GV |
| 08COPENHAGEN151 |
DANES AWARE OF US CLIMATE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Denmark is well aware of U.S. concerns that action by the European Council to set 25-40 percent emissions reduction for the EU and developed countries could undermine, rather than support, prospects for successful conclusion of a post-2012 international climate change agreement [...] |
2008-03-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG EUN DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN169 |
NEW DANISH ENERGY POLICY BOOSTS RENEWABLES [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than a year of political negotiations, Denmark's government has reached agreement within parliament to meet the EU's energy targets and boost its renewable energy share to 30 percent by 2020, from the current level of 16 percent. The new policy formalizes Denmark's [...] |
2008-03-25 12:18:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG EUN DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN321 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...] |
2008-06-06 10:53:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD |
| 08COPENHAGEN322 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...] |
2008-06-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN323 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...] |
2008-06-06 10:57:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO |
| 08COPENHAGEN324 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN RESOURCE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn on May 28 following the Arctic Ocean Conference at Ilulissat, Greenland. They discussed the recent U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, energy resource exploitation in the C [...] |
2008-06-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG EPET CA |
| 08COPENHAGEN325 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GREENLANDIC [...] No summary [...] |
2008-06-06 11:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN335 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...] |
2008-06-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD |
| 08COPENHAGEN336 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...] |
2008-06-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN337 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...] |
2008-06-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO |
| 08COPENHAGEN338 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN RESOURCE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn on May 28 following the Arctic Ocean Conference at Ilulissat, Greenland. They discussed the recent U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, energy resource exploitation in the C [...] |
2008-06-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG EPET CA |
| 08COPENHAGEN339 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GREENLANDIC [...] (C) Summary: In a respectful but serious bilateral meeting following the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Greenland Home Rule (GHR) Premier Hans Enoksen expressed concern to Deputy Secretary Negroponte about the U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. The Gre [...] |
2008-06-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SENV KGHG DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN499 |
Nordic Council Open to Renewable Energy R&D Partnership [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 18 courtesy call on the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM), the DCM expressed U.S. interest in dialogue and collaboration in the Arctic and the field of renewable energy. SecGen Halldor Asgrimsson reciprocated that interest, expressing ge [...] |
2008-09-19 14:05:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG PREL DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN500 |
Danes Support Strong EU Biofuels Sustainability Criteria [...] (SBU) Summary: According to officials in the Ministry for Climate and Energy, Denmark fully supports the French initiative to develop sustainability criteria by the end of this year. Denmark hopes strong sustainability criteria can be established before the UN climate conference (COP-15) in C [...] |
2008-09-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN501 |
Denmark's New Climate Attaches Deployed to Washington, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Cain hosted a lunch on August 19 at his residence in honor of Denmark's newly-named climate attaches, including Hans Jakob Eriksen, who will be posted to the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC. An initiative of the Climate and Energy Ministry, in cooperation with the [...] |
2008-09-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN538 |
NORDICS INTERESTED IN RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department's initiative to explore interest among Nordic governments and research communities in a Nordic-U.S. partnership on renewable energy research and development has been welcomed in Nordic capitals and by the Nordic Council of Ministers. We welcome this Department in [...] |
2008-10-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG ENRG SENV DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN601 |
Climate Change: Denmark Restructures to Host COP-15 [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed in Ref A. Q. Has your host government altered its bureaucratic structure for addressing climate change over the past 12-18 months? If so, how? How might upcoming elections affect current policy positions and entities? A. Yes. The Danish G [...] |
2008-11-14 12:28:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN625 |
Climate: Danes Looking Past Poznan to COP-15 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a Noveber 25 meeting with DCM, Prime Minister Rasmussens climate advisor, Ambassador Bo Lidegaard, shard Denmark's raised hopes and concerns about the rod toward a global climate agreement in Copenhage at the COP-15 meeting in December 2009. Lidegard welcomed early signals [...] |
2008-11-28 10:09:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG DA |
| 08COPENHAGEN626 |
Climate: Danes Looking Past Poznan to COP-15 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-28 10:10:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG DA |
| 08DHAKA103 |
BANGLADESH DELEGATES TO WIREC 2008 [...] Post submits two names of representatives from Bangladesh for participation in the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) 2008. USAID will be funding the travel expenses for these two delegates. The two proposed participants are: Mr. Kaisar Ahmed, Director, Renewable Ener [...] |
2008-01-22 07:09:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA BG |
| 08DJIBOUTI649 |
IPCC WORKING GROUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Charge d'Affaires and A/Pol delivered reftel demarche August 7 to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Hassan requested a formal note verbale, which the Embassy will deliver August 11. 2. COMMENT: The Embassy b [...] |
2008-08-10 14:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG KSCA SENV AORC DJ |
| 08DUBLIN167 |
IRISH RESPONSE ON PLEDGES TO WIAP AND CHINA'S AND [...] On March 28, ECONOFF met with Sara White, Deputy Secretary General (and most senior energy official) in the Irish Department of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources, to deliver reftel demarches. Regarding additional pledges to the Washington International Action Plan (WIAP) (Ref A), [...] |
2008-04-03 15:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV ENRG EUN IEA TRGY KPAO KSCA EI |
| 08DUBLIN228 |
IRELAND GRAPPLING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The Irish government is developing policy measures to deal with environment/energy concerns, including climate change, energy security, and power generation and distribution. A lack of indigenous energy resources has focused the government on a mix of energy efficiency and renewa [...] |
2008-04-30 06:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL PGOV KGHG SENV EI |
| 08DUBLIN640 |
IRISH RESPONSE ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] On November 26, Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Martin Finucane, Principal, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Division at the Department of Communication, Energy, and Natural Resources. Finucane said that the Irish government will review the U.S. government's position as it prepares for t [...] |
2008-11-26 15:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN ECON EI |
| 08GUATEMALA264 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-03 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR GT |
| 08HANOI108 |
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT VICE-MINISTER INTERESTED [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak met with Vietnamese Senior Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) Nguyen Cong Thanh to highlight U.S. efforts to combat climate change. Thanh, who oversees MONRE's climate change portfolio, stated that MONRE has begun to craft a National Ac [...] |
2008-01-31 08:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI1228 |
CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Summary: At the October 28 Donor Committee on Climate Change meeting, the Danish Ambassador detailed Prime Minister Dung's plan for the roll out of Vietnam's National Target Program to Respond to Climate Change. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat reiterated the se [...] |
2008-11-03 09:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI1267 |
VIETNAMESE SCIENCE MINISTER SUPPORTS NUCLEAR INITIATIVES, [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In his meeting with Minister of Science and Technology Hoang Van Phong, Ambassador Michalak pressed for quick movement by the Government of Vietnam (GVN) to sign a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Cooperation in Nu [...] |
2008-11-17 08:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI1352 |
VIETNAM MAKES PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR MOU [...] Summary: Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Officials told ESTHOff that the Government of Vietnam (GVN) was making progress on consideration of the proposed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on nuclear cooperation and provided initial feedback. MOST wants to wrap up the MOU fi [...] |
2008-12-12 09:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI537 |
POSSIBILITIES FOR USG COLLABORATION WITH VIETNAM ON CLIMATE [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam's unique position as a growing emitter facing imminent and serious impacts from climate change makes it a particularly attractive partner for collaboration with the United States. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that Vietnam will be one of the c [...] |
2008-05-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON TBIO KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI677 |
VIETNAM REQUESTS ENVIRONMENTAL DELIVERABLES FOR UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, the Minister and Senior Vice-Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) detailed to the Ambassador priority issues for the Government of Vietnam (GVN) during the upcoming visit to Washington by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Both officials high [...] |
2008-06-09 02:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HANOI966 |
AMBASSADOR RAISES CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUCLEAR COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Minister Hoang Van Phong of the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Ambassador Michalak highlighted growing U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on science and technology and the importance those issues played in making Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's recent [...] |
2008-08-19 00:24:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON KGHG VM |
| 08HELSINKI12 |
FINLAND TO SEND A STRONG DELEGATION TO WIREC [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered the formal invitation for the Washington International Conference on Renewal Energy (WIREC) to Mr. Henri Backman, Senior Advisor to the Minister in Finland's newly-created super Ministry of Employment and the Economy. A strong advocate of renewable energy sources, Mini [...] |
2008-01-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
| 08HELSINKI132 |
FINLAND PARTICIPATES IN EU WIREC PLEDGE [...] (SBU) According to WIREC participant Henri Backman, Advisor to the Minister at the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland is participating in the EU's pledge to obtain 20 percent of its energy needs from renewable energy by 2020. Finland is not planning to make a separate WIR [...] |
2008-03-27 12:24:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA FI |
| 08HELSINKI269 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH PRIME [...] (U) Ambassador Barbara M. Barrett paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen on June 3. Finnish Special Advisor, State Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Esko Hamilo also participated in the meeting. 2. (SBU) Vanhanen expressed overall satisfaction with the US-Finnish relationsh [...] |
2008-06-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD USTR KIPR KGHG FI |
| 08HELSINKI278 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador,s June 19 courtesy call, Minister of Employment Tarja Cronberg indicated she may wish to pursue a meeting or other contact with Secretary Chao after returning from summer vacation. Cronberg complimented the Embassy's city outreach program bringing Embassy employees [...] |
2008-06-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ELAB ETRD EINV ENRG KGHG FI |
| 08HELSINKI292 |
AMBASSADOR BARRETT MEETS WITH FINNISH STATE [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Barrett's June 13 courtesy call on Risto Volanen, State Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, Volanen explained his duties as Chief- of-Staff for the Prime Minister. He invited Ambassador Barrett to bring issues to his attention that require emphasis or demand imme [...] |
2008-06-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KGHG ENRG KIPR ETRD FI |
| 08JAKARTA1242 |
G8 OPPORTUNITY FOR US-BRAZIL-INDONESIA BIOFUELS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Lula of Brazil will be signing a biofuels Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Indonesia on July 12, according to Brazilian Embassy contacts at an informal discussion hosted by Ambassador Hume. Participants noted that the upcoming G8 Summit in Japan provides an oppo [...] |
2008-06-26 01:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID BR |
| 08JAKARTA1259 |
INDONESIA - SUSTAINABLE PALM OIL PRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While unrestrained oil palm expansion is a potential threat to Indonesia's forests, the right kind of oil palm production also presents an opportunity. Increasing palm oil production can be an important vehicle for economic development and rural poverty reduction. The USG can [...] |
2008-06-27 08:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1289 |
RIPE FOR REFORM - INDONESIA'S MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is an important target for management reform assistance because it is in charge of programs -- such as the Coral Triangle Initiative and the May 2009 World Oceans Conference -- that are important to the USG. Within the Ministry, some [...] |
2008-07-02 04:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1294 |
G8 - YUDHOYONO TO SOLICIT USG SUPPORT FOR WORLD OCEANS [...] (SBU) President Yudhoyono will convey an aide memoire on the 2009 World Ocean Conference (WOC) to President Bush and other world leaders during next week's G8 Summit in Japan, as part of an effort to solicit international support and high-level participation at the May 2009 event. The Ministry [...] |
2008-07-03 00:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA130 |
MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II: PARTIAL LIST OF INDONESIAN [...] (U) Per reftels, Post conveyed the draft agenda and logistical information for the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEMII), to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) on January 18. Post delivered copies to all Indonesian ministries and agencies represented at the first [...] |
2008-01-22 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA1389 |
COP9 BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES, JUNE 23-27, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was held June 23-27, 2008, in Bali, Indonesia. A major U.S. objective was achieved in the creation of a partnership t [...] |
2008-07-21 05:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG SENV KSCA KTIA PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1395 |
INDONESIA: WORLD OCEANS CONFERENCE TO COMPLEMENT UNFCCC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) intends for the May 2009 World Oceans Conference (WOC) to complement and support the December 2007 Bali Plan of Action and the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries describes a process for dev [...] |
2008-07-21 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1421 |
INDONESIA: IMPLEMENTING LANDMARK WASTE MANAGEMENT LAW A [...] (U) Summary. Prior to hosting the Ninth Conference of Parties (COP9) of the Basel Convention on Hazardous Wastes in June 2008, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) passed a landmark Waste Management Law (WML). Previously, a plethora of disparate local government regulations (PERDA) regulated wa [...] |
2008-07-24 03:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG ETRD KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1483 |
PRIORITIES OF INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries' (DKP) vision is one of environmentally sustainable coastal resource management and economic development. Its highest priority activities include: fisheries management plans for specific areas; capacity building and training on fisher [...] |
2008-08-05 00:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1492 |
SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM STRENGTHENS MARINE COOPERATION WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy Science Fellow program has been a valuable asset for Post, providing insight into the priorities of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP), and showing that DKP is open to advice about on how to make its organization more effective. Minister Numberi has c [...] |
2008-08-06 06:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA156 |
MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING II - INDONESIAN DELEGATION AND [...] (U) This message provides updates on Indonesia's delegation to -- and GOI comments on the agenda of -- the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change (MEMII). Per reftel, Deputy Minister for Environment, Ms. Masnellyarti Hilman will head the Indonesian delegation to MEMII. [...] |
2008-01-25 06:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA165 |
ASEAN WIDENS DOOR FOR ENGAGEMENT ON ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministerial and Leaders' statements during the 2007 ASEAN Summit focused on regional environmental initiatives, and recognized the significance of the illegal timber trade. The various statements, together with the recent U.S.-China MOU on illegal logging, present an opportunity [...] |
2008-01-25 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1820 |
OFFICIAL GOI INVITE TO FOREST ELEVEN MINISTERIAL [...] Post has received the official invitation to the upcoming Ministerial Meeting of the Tropical Rainforest Countries (Forest Eleven/F-11) Plus Partners in Jakarta on October 17, 2008 (reftel). The GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Forest Ministry will co-host a Ministerial Meeting of the [...] |
2008-09-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG EAGR PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1880 |
ENSURING THE SUCCESS OF THE CORAL TRIANGLE INITIATIVE: THE [...] Summary. Indonesia will make or break the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) and Embassy Jakarta is committed to providing the political and public diplomacy support requested in ref A. The reason is simple: President Yudhoyono launched the CTI and Indonesia represents more than 50 percent of t [...] |
2008-10-09 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA1919 |
DRAFT MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION FOR 2009 WORLD OCEAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Post has obtained an advance draft of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD). The formal goal of the World Ocean Conference (WOC), taking place from May 11-15, 2009 in Manado, Indonesia, is to produce the Manado Ocean Declaration (ref [...] |
2008-10-16 03:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA1961 |
UPDATE - INDONESIA'S ILLEGAL LOGGING CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: Despite a number of recent seizures of illegal timber by Indonesian authorities, the challenge in containing Indonesia's illegal logging remains intense. The new Indonesian National Police Chief is expected to bring a renewed focus to his predecessor's campaign against environmen [...] |
2008-10-24 05:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA1973 |
ASEAN CENTRE FOR ENERGY PRIORITIES, ASEAN ENERGY ACTION [...] (U) During an October 24 meeting, the Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, said the final draft of ASEAN's Energy Action Plan for 2010-2015 will be presented to Senior Officials in March 2009 and will be adopted by ASEAN Ministers in May 2009. He did n [...] |
2008-10-27 07:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEAN EAID ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV |
| 08JAKARTA2053 |
BINTAN ROUNDTABLE AND MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) hosted a roundtable meeting last week in Bintan, Indonesia, to prepare for the World Ocean Conference (WOC). At the Roundtable, the GOI presented a draft Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) that was substantially different from an earlier draft (ref [...] |
2008-11-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA2063 |
INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar will lead the Indonesian delegation to the U.N. climate change conference in Poznan, Poland this December. However, the delegation's composition is still undefined. Prior to Poznan, Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris will attend the Novem [...] |
2008-11-07 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA2093 |
INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION [...] (SBU) This message updates reftel concerning the composition of the Indonesian delegation to the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland this December. The Secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate Change Commissi [...] |
2008-11-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA2152 |
NOAA SHIP AT WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE: START OF LONG-TERM, [...] Summary. During a November 20 meeting, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Numberi emphasized the importance of creating a long-term research partnership between the United States Government and countries in the region, and proposed a joint marine research arrangement between the CTI cou [...] |
2008-11-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA219 |
INDONESIA PREPARES FOR SECOND HEART OF BORNEO MEETING [...] (SBU) Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei Darussalam will meet on February 27-28, 2008 for the second Heart of Borneo (HOB) trilateral meeting in Pontianak, West Kalimantan. At this meeting, the parties intend to consider and adopt a "Decision on the Institutional Arrangement for the Implementatio [...] |
2008-02-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA2252 |
VOLCANO ACCORD AND REQUEST FOR EXPANDED VOLCANO ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary. The Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Center for Volcanology and Geologic Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) held an international symposium in Bandung from November 30 through December 5, 2008 to review progress on volcano hazard science and risk reduction in Asia. Part [...] |
2008-12-15 03:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA2262 |
AMENDED LACEY ACT IMPLEMENTATION: INDONESIAN VIEWS [...] Summary. Indonesians are expressing both considerable enthusiasm for as well as some concern about the amended Lacey Act. Many of the concerns are based on misunderstanding how the amended Lacey Act will be implemented and what it requires. The wood industry appreciates the Act's intent to c [...] |
2008-12-15 06:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR KGHG ETRD EINV ID |
| 08JAKARTA307 |
PROPOSED NORTHERN TRANS-KALIMANTAN HIGHWAY UNDERMINES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has strong reservations about a proposed Northern Trans-Kalimantan Highway (NTKH), which is the focus of an AsDB technical assistance grant for a pre-feasibility study. The economic rationale for the road is weak, and we support the USG decision to express several reservat [...] |
2008-02-14 10:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA651 |
INDONESIA UPDATE - MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING, CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) According to preliminary information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deplu), Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani might lead the Indonesian delegation to the next Major Economies Meeting (MEMIII) in Paris this month. There will be four persons in the delegation, possibly including a rep [...] |
2008-04-01 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID |
| 08JAKARTA664 |
THOMAS FRIEDMAN EXPLORES PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE IN [...] (U) Summary: On a visit to Indonesia in late March to conduct research for his upcoming book, author Thomas Friedman traveled to North Sumatra to look at efforts to protect the environment (reftel). Accompanied by the Ambassador, USAID officers, NGO representatives and the owner of a local en [...] |
2008-04-03 00:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA732 |
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS - PERILS OF ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A logging road controversy involving Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) on the island of Sumatra underscores the significant role (beneficial or detrimental) of the private sector in protecting critical forest habitats in Indonesia. Some NGOs and paper and pulp companies have collaborated [...] |
2008-04-10 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA778 |
CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES - INDONESIA'S ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent actions by Indonesian authorities highlight the successes of Indonesia's campaign against illegal logging but also underscore the significant remaining challenges. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) has shown political will and improved interagency cooperation but has to d [...] |
2008-04-18 05:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA890 |
INDONESIA'S SINAR MAS FORESTRY GROUP ON NGO PARTNERSHIPS, [...] (SBU) Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and its Indonesian fiber supplier, Sinar Mas Forestry (SMF) wants to collaborate with environmental NGOs to improve the management and conservation value of its concessions, according to Fergus MacDonald, General Manager of Conservation Management. He points out t [...] |
2008-05-06 01:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JAKARTA935 |
INDONESIA'S NATIONAL PARKS - MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An overview of several Indonesian national parks shows that their record in protecting flora and fauna has little correlation to budget size or numbers of forest rangers. Money is not necessarily the main problem with their performance. Improvements to management of existing fin [...] |
2008-05-12 09:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
| 08JERUSALEM286 |
WIREC 2008: INVITATION DELIVERED TO PA [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-15 09:56:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAL KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV |
| 08KABUL464 |
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR POST FOLLOW-UP ON FORMAL [...] As reported Ref (B), seven attendees from Afghanistan will attend WIREC. The Afghan delegation will be headed by the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Washington D.C., the Honorable Said Tayab Jawad. Ambassador Jawad will be accompanied by six officials resident in Kabul, [...] |
2008-02-25 06:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY |
| 08KABUL769 |
AFGHAN PLEDGE TO 2008 WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (U) The Embassy EPA Environmental Advisor discussed WIREC 2008 (reftel) with Dad Mohammad Bahir, Deputy Executive Director General (Technical) of the Afghanistan National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on March 23, 2008. Congratulating Afghanistan for making a WIREC pledge on renewabl [...] |
2008-03-26 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA AF |
| 08KYIV333 |
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: DELIVERY CONFIRMATION -- FORMAL [...] No summary [...] |
2008-02-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI |
| 08KYIV335 |
UKRAINE: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Post delivered WIREC invitation letter on February 13 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Volodymyr Ohryzko, with copies to the Ministries of Fuel and Energy, Environmental Protection and Economy. 2. Econoff spoke with Dmitry Shevchenko of the MFA Americas Desk regarding the conference. Shev [...] |
2008-02-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI |
| 08LAPAZ505 |
BOLIVIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON MALDIVES' [...] No summary [...] |
2008-03-05 21:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC BL |
| 08LIMA133 |
POST DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS TO SUPPORT GOP ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-24 21:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EAID EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI |
| 08LIMA47 |
PERU: WIREC 2008 INVITE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel, Embassy delivered Secretary Rice's invitation to attend the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) to Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde under cover of a diplomatic note on January 9. Post also shared copies with the Mining and Energy Min [...] |
2008-01-09 21:43:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
| 08LISBON1340 |
ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN PROMOTES WAVE ENERGY AND [...] On his first trip to Portugal as Energy Secretary, Samuel Bodman highlighted the two countries' shared commitment to enhancing global energy and port security. During his stay, he signed two memoranda of understanding -- one with Economy Minister Pinho to collaborate on wave energy research a [...] |
2008-06-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG KGHG TRGY ECON PO |
| 08LISBON1898 |
PORTUGAL WON'T MEET RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS [...] (C) Portugal is falling short on efforts to expand biofuels production due to tender problems this year. Portugal continues a broadbased effort to diversify energy sources, wooing potential new suppliers for petroleum and natural gas while expanding renewable energy generation capacity. Alth [...] |
2008-08-04 16:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KGHG TRGY ECON PO |
| 08LISBON222 |
PORTUGAL: ECONOMY MINISTER TO HEAD WIREC 2008 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-01-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO |
| 08LISBON2600 |
PORTUGAL ON BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (U) Portugal is actively engaged in EU efforts to reach consensus on biofuels mandates and sustainability criteria by the end of 2008, according to officials of the Ministries of Environment and Economy. Fausto Brito e Abreu of the Ministry of Environment highlighted to Pol/Econoff the Prime [...] |
2008-09-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN POL PO |
| 08LISBON2739 |
PORTUGAL ON EU BIOFUELS SUSTAINABILITY [...] (C) Luis Duarte Silva of Portugal's Directorate General of Energy and Geology (Ministry of Economy) said Portugal understands reftel demarche points but must continue to work within the EU process regarding biofuels sustainability. Silva acknowledged Portuguese reservations concerning the EU [...] |
2008-11-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN EU PO |
| 08LISBON2740 |
PORTUGAL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POZNAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Portugal is optimistic about progress at the upcoming UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference in Poznan. Fausto Brito e Abreu, Advisor to the State Secretary of the Environment, cited President-elect Obama's recent statements of support for emissions reductions and [...] |
2008-11-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | |