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Indonesian Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice (Civil Society Forum for Climate Justice / CSF) urged the state-Annex 1 countries cut emissions to meet its commitments as agreed in the Kyoto Protocol.

Negotiations Bonn Climate Change Talks are ongoing (1-12 June 2009) should ensure the fulfillment of its commitments in the Kyoto Protocol, not menyodorkan proposals for new mengamandemen the Kyoto Protocol, said the CSF.

Meeting in June is a good time to change the direction of the discussion of climate change. "Indonesia as the countries affected by climate change should play a role in determining the direction of negotiations, the focus remains on the decline in emissions in the real beginning of the UNFCCC is the goal," said Coordinator of CSF, Giorgio Budi Indarto.

COP 15 will truly last a chance to realize the justice of the world's climate, so have requested that the CSF delegation that attended the Bonn Climate Change Talks banar II is taking action that could save the world.

Civil society also requested that all discussion of negotiations in June, both mitigation and adaptation to adopt the concept of HELP in the solution to climate change that ditawarkannya.

Indonesian civil society, if not akan menoleransi schemes handling of climate change offered by the potential harm the community. Therefore, any concrete action to overcome the impact of climate change should be taken while still ensuring the right people.

Another concern that civil society is a funding mechanism that should not be longer depending on the model of debt, the process of manipulation developed countries reducing emissions through the offset mechanism will not be able menstabilisasi volume Grk globally.

For Indonesia, adaptation and mitigation efforts that can not be done again cause problems, such as conversion of land to plant food crops of biofuel raw materials which will reduce the capacity of food production, ecosystem change or peat moss peat and the sea as penyeimbang macro and micro climate which is very closely with the interests of ecological, economic, social, and cultural communities.

Ecological debt management should be done through the Transitional justice mechanisms. Environmental crimes should be processed first to uphold justice to victims, and for the restoration of ecosystems that have been damaged in the practices, exploitation of natural wealth by the multi-national corporation.

Indonesian civil society forum for climate justice affirmed, developed countries are obliged to control and evaluate the investment-investment in the plantation-forestry sector, where the second sector is the primary supply their needs, the impact to the area of swamp forest and peat moss industry in Indonesia for oil palm plantations and forest industry plants.

They must also ensure that the project pilot modeling and reducing emission from deforestation and degradation (ReDD) funded does not violate the rights of indigenous people of the area, forest, and the environment in Indonesia.

Regardless of various things, the handling of climate change will not be achieved, and the UNFCCC negotiations are only the business event carbon failed to save the earth, so the CSF.

Indonesia -Dalam rangka hari bebas kendaraan bermotor, Car Free Day, yang akan digelar Sabtu (13/6), Menteri Lingkungan Hidup (LH) RI, Rachmat Witoelar diagendakan untuk hadir dan akan bersepeda bersama pejabat, dan masyarakat Kota Palembang dengan melintasi sejumlah jalan protokol di daerah ini.

"Menteri LH akan memimpin ribuan peserta sepeda santai, dengan bersepeda bersama melintasi sejumlah jalan di Kota Palembang ini sebagai rangkaian dari peluncuran car free day itu," kata Kepala Dinas Perhubungan Kota Palembang, Edi Nursalam, di Palembang, Rabu.

Menurut Edi, pelaksanaan car free day di kawasan seputaran Taman Kambang Iwak sudah berlangsung sejak beberapa bulan lalu, dan dinilai telah berjalan cukup efektif pada Sabtu dan Minggu.

Kehadiran Menteri LH diharapkan mampu mendorong perluasan wilayah sasaran car free day, sehingga tidak hanya sebatas di seputaran Taman Kambang Iwak.

Ditargetkan, jalan protokol di ibukota Provinsi Sumsel itu, dapat menjadi kawasan bebas kendaraan bermotor. Hari bebas kendaraan bermotor merupakan salah satu upaya pemerintah setempat menciptakan transportasi hijau ramah lingkungan. Tujuannya, untuk mengurangi dampak buangan gas emisi yang menjadi penyebab utama pencemaran udara.

Kepala Badan Lingkungan Hidup (BLH) Kota Palembang, Kemas Abubakar mengatakan, Menteri LH RI dalam kunjungan di Palembang itu, juga akan melakukan penanaman 10.000 pohon secara simbolis di Kelurahan Talang Jambe.

"Penanaman pohon tersebut sebagai rangkaian dari peringatan hari jadi Kota Palembang ke-1326," katanya.

World -Climate change appeared to affect a number of species in various parts of the world, ranging from polar bears in the arctic to the coral reefs in tropical seas.

Two ecological changes noted are a few species-animal or plant-altitude move also find a degree of latitude the appropriate temperature. Other changes, namely the cycle of life has changed a number of species and spring migration and the birds have shifted the time.

Now there are three changes, namely the increase in temperature accompanied with the earth mengecilnya size-organisms the size of both the community and the size of the individual.

This is expressed by the research team leader Martin Daufresne of Cemagref Aix-en-Provence, research institutions belonging to the Government of France. Results of this study will be published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Long-term research conducted in the community, including bacteria, fitoplankton and fish that live in rivers, lakes, and oceans. According Daufresne, groups of fish in the rivers in France decreased in number more than 60 percent in research for two decades.

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BENGKULU, - The volcano mountain, including the newly found in the waters west of Sumatra may not be sudden. Therefore the Director of Research Center described Geology Science Institute of Indonesia (LIPI) Dr. Iskandar Zulkarnain, on the discovery of a giant mountain.

"There are lengthy processes that formed the mountain of fire appears, may not sudden," he said, Friday (29 / 5). He re-cite the formation of volcano Krakatau in the Sunda who take more than 50 years after discharge was in the year 1883.

Iskandar, said his side have not got an official report related to the findings of the experts combined geology of Indonesia and a number of foreign countries. However, these findings invite several questions.

According to him, signs of the existence of the volcano in western Sumatra should be detected by previous satellites. "There should be a detection ya, but so far I have not been informed about the existence of the volcano in western Sumatra, especially in Bengkulu this sea," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Section Geology and Geophysics Agency climatology Bengkulu Dadang Permana said, in the presence of point location volcano had not detected any activity vulkanik. Government can not ensure these findings.

"For us, this is still a hypothesis and BMKG need to do more research because it was never detected in the vibration vulkanik point 330 km west of Bengkulu," he said.

The existence of this giant volcano is reported as a result of a combination of a number of research institutions, the Agency Implementation Pengkajian and Technology (BPPT), Indonesia Institute of Science (LIPI), Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources CGG Veritas, and the Institut de Physique Globe) Paris. Volcano is estimated berdiameter 50 km high and 4600 meters with a location 330 km west of Bengkulu.

LONDON, - Alternative fuel-friendly environment can be of any material, even from things that do not occur at all before. If Indonesia had introduced jelantah or used cooking oil as car fuel, in London, UK scientists using chocolate as fuel.

Cars equipped with a chocolate introduced for the first time on Tuesday (5 / 5). Do not think that chocolate is used because the block can be very expensive price. They use the waste from the chocolate factory, which is mixed with discarded vegetable oil as biofuel.

The fuel is not only environmentally friendly, the car is also made from plant fiber that is not toxic. For example, a tire made of fiber and carrot roots, seat of a mixture of jute and foam soybean oil. Its body is of fiber plants.

Speed is not lost with the car in general. In the test at this time new kecdepatan reach 96 km / h but when tested on the try line racing is expected to penetrate the speed 232 km / hour. Cars that are named "WorldFirst Formula 3 racing" car that will be used in the European Grand Prix races and Britain's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

JAKARTA - Indonesian Institute of Science as a research institution and the largest in Indonesia during the last few years, the budget did not allocate research Komodo dragons (Varanus komodoensis).

Rare animal conservation strategy is now facing serious challenges due to habitat destruction, even conservation policies defeated exploitative policies, such as mining that clearly damage the ecosystem environment.

"Tidak can be no more bargaining, the government policy in areas endemic Komodo need for conservation is the type of animals," said Deputy of Life Sciences LIPI in Jakarta.

Lack of allocation of funds for research LIPI Komodo, according to him, because of the low attention to the type of government that are ancient animals this. Related research Komodo, LIPI for this activity can only be mendompleng foreign researchers.

Differences in the genetic

Research results that have been obtained from the results of cooperation with Spanish researchers, according to Endang, prove there is a difference in the genetic Komodo Flores Island in the Komodo National Park Komodo. This phenomenon can reveal problems Komodo migration to other islands, but the results of research that has not been followed up until now.

"There are genetic Marker on Komodo Island Flores together researchers found that Spanish," said Endang.

Habitat in Komodo Flores is now increasingly threatened as never broken note specifically. Information on Komodo island's population is still as many as 300 head. However, specific Komodo Flores is 12 live chickens. Extinction on the island of Komodo Flores live waiting time. "Extinction Komodo Island Flores Island Komodo akan follow Padar,"

Separately, former State Minister of the Environment review often ask the Minister of Forestry Decree No. 384/Menhut-II/2009 dated 13 May 2009 to move the five pairs of Komodo Island Flores to Safari Park Gianyar, Bali. Komodo Flores rescue at this time must be a government priority, but conservation should remain concentrated in Flores.

"LIPI, if given the authority to mengoordinasi handling this issue, will invite scientists-scientists of the world that participated in handling this ancient animal rescue,"

JAKARTA, - forest destruction in Indonesia and has very severe. This increase global warming fear that we are at this time, factors other than energy and transport.

"Deforestation in Indonesia accounted for 75 percent of greenhouse gases," said Joko Arif, Campaign Spokesperson for Forestry Greenpeace in Jakarta on Tuesday (26 / 5).

According to data released the Food Agricultural Organization in 2007, the rate impairment 1.8 million hectares of forest per year. In 1 minute forest destruction occurs 5 times of the football field wide. In other words, it in the forest area of 300 football fields damaged.

For that, Joko urges moratorium in order to be done to reduce deforestation and fuel coal. "The stone ballast is a fossil fuel terkotor, which contribute to greenhouse gases, such as CO2, NO2, CH4," said Joko.

In fact, many have called the alternative energy clean energy to replace fossil fuels that are not environmentally friendly. "India has the potential for geothermal energy in the world, have the energy the sun throughout the year, wind energy in eastern Indonesia, and mikrohidro in areas that have rivers," said Joko.

If the government is not the issue, we live a disaster waiting chilling. "In the year 2025 Soekarno Hatta Airport can not be used because of stagnant water, with a record business does not have the government to fix the environment," said Joko.

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Ibarat sebuah lakon, komodo (Varanus komodensis) saat ini sedang menjadi tokoh utama masalah lingkungan dan pariwisata nasional. Semua masih menunggu ujung ceritanya. Akan jadi manis atau jadi lelakon kontroversial sebagaimana tambahan 8 ekor gajah dari 31 gajah milik Taman Safari Bali di Kabupaten Gianyar kini.

Pekan lalu, Taman Nasional Komodo, salah satu habitat asli komodo di Nusa Tenggara Timur, diumumkan menjadi salah satu finalis Tujuh Keajaiban Dunia Baru yang digelar Yayasan Tujuh Keajaiban Dunia Baru.

Bersama 27 finalis lainnya, Taman Nasional Komodo telah menyisihkan 440 nomine dari 220 negara.

Namun, di internet, ajakan Departemen Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata untuk mendukung pemilihan itu sama kencangnya dengan seruan penolakan rencana pemindahan 10 ekor atau 5 pasang komodo dari Wae Wuul, Manggarai Barat, Pulau Flores, NTT, ke Provinsi Bali. Di situs jejaring sosial Facebook, misalnya, seruan itu berbunyi tajam, yakni ”Tolak Rencana Pemindahan Komodo ke Bali”.

Rencana itu menjadi polemik terbaru tentang komodo, yang secara bersamaan juga terimbas masalah aktivitas pertambangan emas di wilayah Batugosok, yang juga terletak di Kabupaten Manggarai Barat.

Masyarakat NTT sejak awal menolak dengan tegas rencana ini. Mulai dari lembaga swadaya masyarakat pemerhati lingkungan, DPRD Kabupaten Manggarai Barat, kepala daerah di Flores, hingga DPRD dan Gubernur NTT Frans Lebu Raya. Gerakan Pelestarian Komodo Flores, misalnya, menggalang aksi mengumpulkan tanda tangan sebagai bentuk penolakan rencana itu. Muncul penilaian, pemerintah pusat otoriter jika rencana itu benar-benar direalisasikan.

”Jika akan dipindah, sebaiknya jangan ke Bali karena habitat di sana sangat berbeda dengan habitat aslinya di Pulau Rinca dan Pulau Komodo. Pemurnian genetik itu tidak gampang, begitu pula memindahkan hewan ini,” ujar Bupati Manggarai Barat Wilfridus Fidelis Pranda.

Sejumlah kalangan juga menilai pemindahan komodo ke Bali dalam aspek pariwisata sangat merugikan NTT, dan Bali sekaligus. Flores kehilangan pesona komodonya, sedangkan keunikan seni tradisi dan wisata religi Bali ”teracak-acak” konsep supermarket wisata: puluhan gajah, komodo, dan entah apa lagi kelak....

Apalagi, proses pemurnian genetik itu kabarnya dijadikan atraksi wisata andalan oleh Taman Safari Bali. Dikhawatirkan wisatawan tak lagi berminat ke timur, mengunjungi habitat asli komodo di Flores.

Masyarakat Bali sudah mengambil hikmah dari polemik masuknya tambahan 8 ekor gajah ke Taman Safari Bali yang berujung pelarangan penambahan gajah ke Bali hingga selesainya kajian tentang daya dukung wilayah Bali sejak awal tahun ini.

Kajian terhadap daya dukung Bali itu, misalnya, seberapa besar sih minat turis menonton pertunjukan gajah di Bali? Apa tidak sulit mencari pakan bagi puluhan hewan besar itu? Dalam sehari, seekor gajah butuh kira-kira 2 kuintal makanan berupa pelepah kelapa, buah dan sayuran, serta rumput.

Harap dicatat, sampai saat ini di seluruh Bali sudah ada 86 ekor gajah yang ”dipekerjakan” di tiga taman wisata, yaitu 31 ekor di

Taman Safari Bali (di Lebih, Gianyar), sisanya ada di Taro Gajah Safari (Ubud, Gianyar), dan Bakas Adventures (Klungkung). Selain untuk atraksi wisata, gajah-gajah itu umumnya ditunggangi turis untuk bersafari keluar-masuk desa.

Kekhasan pariwisata Bali yang mengunggulkan wisata budaya dan religi sudah lama dikhawatirkan luntur dan luruh jika pengusaha wisata Bali mengadopsi atraksi wisata satwa seperti gajah dan komodo, juga segala hal, masuk ke sana. ”Bali itu terkenal karena budayanya, bukan karena gajah atau binatangnya. Pariwisata budaya itu sampai kapan pun harus tetap dipertahankan,” kata Gede Nurjaya, mantan Kepala Dinas Pariwisata Bali.

Direktur Eksekutif Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) Bali Agung Wardhana menyatakan, penempatan komodo di Bali menuntut penciptaan habitat buatan agar menyerupai habitat aslinya di Wae Wuul. Untuk itu, ia mendesak Departemen Kehutanan membuka kepada publik kajian analisis mengenai dampak alam dan sosial atas rencana itu.

Sebagaimana termuat dalam Surat Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan Nomor SK.384/Menhut-II/2009 tanggal 13 Mei 2009 tentang pemberian izin menangkap 10 ekor komodo, tujuan utama pemindahan adalah pemurnian genetik. Rencana pemurnian yang akan dilakukan oleh Taman Safari Bali itu, kata Menteri Kehutanan MS Kaban, juga sudah mendapatkan persetujuan dari Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI).

Kaban menyatakan, pemerintah mengambil langkah tersebut sekaligus untuk menyelamatkan komodo di Pulau Flores dari ancaman kepunahan. Proses pemindahan juga penting karena komodo di Pulau Flores kini terancam karena hidup di areal semak belukar penuh rumput kering yang pada musim panas sangat mudah terbakar. Persoalan yang lebih penting: komodo mulai masuk ke perkampungan dan memangsa ternak warga.

Namun, otoritas Taman Safari Bali enggan berkomentar tentang polemik ini. Namun, Seperti ditegaskan Direktur Taman Safari Indonesia Tonny Sumampau, pemurnian genetik semata-mata demi kepentingan konservasi, dan komodo yang dikembangbiakkan di Taman Safari Indonesia tidak ditujukan untuk dijual atau ditukarkan dengan satwa dari luar negeri.

Selain Taman Safari, sejumlah lembaga konservasi eksitu (luar habitat alami) telah mengoleksi komodo, di antaranya Kebun Binatang Ragunan (Jakarta), Kebun Binatang Surabaya, dan Kebun Binatang Gembira Loka (Yogyakarta).

Namun, seperti dilansir Kompas.com, data genetika komodo di semua daerah di NTT sebenarnya sudah tersedia, yakni hasil penelitian Tim Peneliti Kajian DNA Molekuler Komodo Bidang Zoologi Pusat Penelitian Biologi LIPI beberapa tahun lalu. Kajian diversitas genetik itu diperoleh setelah meneliti 154 sampel darah komodo yang dikoleksi dari Pulau Flores bagian utara, Flores bagian barat, Gili Montang, Nusa Kode, Rinca, dan Pulau Komodo.

Itulah sebabnya, argumen pemurnian genetik di Bali itu dinilai salah tempat. Menurut Koordinator Gerakan Pelestarian Komodo Flores Rofino Kant, pemurnian itu semestinya dilakukan di habitat aslinya, bukan di Bali. Seiring dengan hal itu, pemerintah pusat justru lebih tepat meningkatkan fasilitas konservasi komodo di Flores. ”Fasilitas di Wae Wuul amat minim. Begitu pula fasilitas secara umum dalam lingkup Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam II yang meliputi Flores-Alor-Lembata.

Penolakan-penolakan itu sesungguhnya adalah bentuk kecintaan masyarakat kepada komodo dan habitat aslinya. Jelas publik menunggu pencabutan Surat Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan tersebut, dan pernyataan pembatalan rencana pemurnian genetik komodo oleh Taman Safari Indonesia.

People power drives the eco-friendly agenda

DESPITE the economic downturn and the pressure on corporate sustainability initiatives and environmental programmes, this year’s Green List has seen a significant rise in the overall green scores achieved by companies.

Taking account of the results from both the company and employee surveys, the green score has increased from 57.6% for the company ranked 50th in 2008, to 66.7% for the company in the same position in 2009.

Organisations are ensuring that green policies and practices remain a part of their activities and services even in the midst of a recession. This may be driven by a desire to cut costs, stiff competition to win contracts from increasingly green-aware clients, or the expectations and commitment of the organisation’s own employees.

Their commitment is captured uniquely through the employee survey. The Green List is not the only environmental contest open to companies, but it is the only one that includes a measure of workforce engagement with a business’s green initiatives. Their increased dedication to green issues is reflected in the rise in average employee scores this year from 69.8% to 73.4%.

For example, this year we see more employees agreeing with statements such as “My organisation’s environmental commitments are at the heart of how the organisation operates” and more disagreeing with “How I do my job has no bearing on the environment” and “Environmental initiatives are a waste of money”. On this more practical note, we see more staff disagreeing with “My organisation produces too much waste” and more agreeing with “My department is audited for its environmental performance”.

Increased commitment to environmental training and leadership is also evident, with more employees in 2009 than in 2008 agreeing with “I have received adequate environmental training” and “My boss leads by example on environmental issues”.

These trends cut across small, mid-sized and large companies, who are all well represented in the 2008 and 2009 Green Lists. As evidence that environment programmes are not only for big players, it is the small organisations that have consistently achieved the highest employee scores in both years.

Companies are responding to the enhanced green expectations of employees and customers by innovating furiously in an attempt to drive the green agenda forward.

Innovative schemes revealed in this year’s Green List include:

n Rewarding staff with an extra five minutes’ holiday for every commute completed on foot or by bicycle to a maximum of 2.5 extra days holiday per year (Forster);

n Inflating tyres with nitrogen rather than compressed air, which is proven to make them last longer and retain their pressure longer (Computer Cab);

n Achieving a 25% reduction in the use of non-degradable plastic carrier bags by removing them from the checkouts (Asda);

n Allowing 11,000 staff to work from home, and equipping 64,000 to allow them to work flexibly (BT Group);

n Heating workshops using a biomass boiler fuelled by waste wood and sawdust generated from the manufacture of beds (Warren Evans);

n Offering a “green allowance” cash incentive to employees to give up a head office car parking space and use public transport instead (Coca-Cola Great Britain).

The competition findings echo the experience of those of us working in the environment and sustainability sector in 2009.

Ten years ago, climate change was not a mainstream issue, and it was a real struggle to convince clients of the business case for good environmental management and the benefits of embedding environmental protection within projects.

The mood has changed. It is now expected that environmental considerations are part of the decision-making process, by staff and management alike, for organisations of all types and sizes.

The best green companies awards recognise and celebrate this change, and applaud the success of those organisations that have modernised their culture and practices to embed the environment in what they do.

Stop your driveway causing flooding

A. The squeeze on parking space in cities, towns and even villages up and down the country has ravaged front gardens — swarms of locusts would be hard put to have done more damage. About two thirds of front gardens in London — an area equivalent to more than 20 Hyde Parks — have been lost to car parking in the past 30 years. A similar pattern is repeated elsewhere: people in the northeast of England are particularly fond of hard standing at the front of the house.

The impact of losing all these gardens is considerable. An increasingly volatile climate has led to more torrential rainstorms, but we have a drainage system, designed in Victorian times, that finds it difficult to cope with sudden rushes of water. Ideally, a large proportion of rainfall should be absorbed by the ground. Clearly, such a process is not possible on a hard surface. The serious flooding that affected many parts of the country in recent years, particularly in the summer of 2007, is partly blamed on the vast increase in concreted areas, converted front gardens included.

Other issues associated with the loss of front gardens are the impact on wildlife, particularly insects and birds, and an increase in what’s called the urban heat island effect — the more hard surfaces there are in a city or town, the higher the temperature.
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If you decide to go ahead and convert your garden into a car port, be sure to use one of the many permeable materials on the market, including gravel, reinforced artificial grass and bonded compounds with a permeable resin mix. After new regulations were brought in last year, planning permission must now be sought for the conversion to an impermeable surface of any area around your house bigger than five square metres.

You could argue that by using your front garden for parking space you’re doing your bit for the environment — freeing the street for cyclists and making the roadway generally safer. There’s also the question of insurance: off-road parking means a lower premium. Some estate agents, particularly in inner city areas, argue that a house with its own car space fetches between £5,000 and £10,000 more than one without, though others say that a front garden full of flowers and shrubs adds value.

As a compromise, how about putting two hard tracks at the front of the house, leaving the rest of the area to absorb water and provide for the plants and birds? That way both your car and your conscience can rest easy.

MEXICO, -Minister of environment ministers from the countries of the world's largest pollution, including the U.S. and China, on Monday (22 / 6), met in Mexico in the U.S. effort to speed up work to the important UN climate treaty.

Group called the Economic Forum-economic Large (MEF) is intended to help create a new agreement to keep the rate discharge of greenhouse gases, Prokokol in order to replace the Kyoto agreement when it discharged into force on 2012.

Third meeting the group decided the climate talks in traffic jams all over the world, before the summit meeting of Copenhagen in December, which aimed to produce a new UN treaty.

During the 12 days for discussion of climate change internasioal that ended last week in Germany without any results. There is no solution how to share the burden of reducing emissions in the future.

The poorest countries to request a significant reduction from the rich countries, which according to history, the majority must be answerable for this problem now.

They're mostly around 25-40 percent reduction in 1020 compared with the level of reduction in 1990. Some countries, including China, have said must be at least 40 percent.

In developed countries, the EU has offered a reduction of at least 20 percent in 1990, but Japan and the U.S. so far offer a reduction of eight and four respectively pesen.

MEF launched the U.S. President Barack Obama in the back of the preceding initiatives, George W Bush. Members met in Washington and Paris in April and May.

Participants include Australia, Brazil, UK, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and the U.S., and also to the EU-27 countries Europe.

"Representatives from the United Arab Emirates, Norway, and Spain will take part as observers," said some Mexican officials.

Discussion arrived when the increased international support to the proposal of Mexico that aims to collect billions of dollars to fight climate change through the organization called the Green Fund.

Plan that will require all governments to pay cash based on the formula that reflects the size of gross domestic product of each country.

JAKARTA, - Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that can capture carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat the increase of carbon emissions. "Tree" is shaped more like a small building of the tree, but carbon can absorb 1000 times faster than native trees.

One tree can absorb one synthetic tons of carbon dioxide per day, equivalent to the average amount spent 20 cars. Once stored in a closet, will be carbon dipadatkan and stored in liquid form and then explained.

Professor Klaus Lackner from the University of Colombia has been working on this concept since 1998. He later met with the official United States Department of Energy, Steven Chu, to discuss the development of this project. Through the company bermarkas in Tucson, Global Research Technologies, Lackner has made initial model and look forward to the perfect prototype in 3 years.

As described Lackner, technology used synthetic tree is similar to that usually used to absorb carbon dioxide from the chimney smoke in the coal mining. The difference, this tool can be used anywhere. According to Lackner, half of the total carbon emissions come from sources that are relatively small-sized, including cars and aircraft, and is usually not possible to almost absorbed. However, because the carbon dioxide in the air is usually very concentrated, the tool needed to menyerapnya can also be small.

Lackner hope is to create a synthetic tree that is efficient for its size. Compared with the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that can be avoided with the use of large windmill, a synthetic tree with the size of the same carbon dioxide can absorb hundreds of times more.

To create a synthetic tree needed funds to 30,000 U.S. dollars, largely due to the use of technology to remove carbon dioxide from the gas penghisap. In addition, because the energy needed to operate, the instrument itself also produces carbon dioxide, if connected with power source. According to calculations Lackner, for every 1,000 kg of carbon dioxide is absorbed, "tree" will produce 200 kg of carbon dioxide so that the total actually absorbed is 800 kg.