The EU sees it as a “priority” achieve that Durban put in place the Green Fund

Durban (South Africa), 30 nov (EFE).-the European Union (EU) considers a “priority” achieve the Summit of the United Nations on climate change (COP17) to put in place the Green Fund for climate, said today its negotiator, Poland’s Tomasz Chruszczow.

At a press conference in Durban International Conference Centre, headquarters of the Summit, Chruszczow stressed that “make the Fund operational is a priority for the EU”.

Comments of the negotiator, whose country holds the rotating Presidency of the Union, coincided with the presentation in the plenary of the Conference of the report of the Fund transition Committee, responsible for designing such a mechanism.

The Fund, agreed at the previous Summit in 2010, the city of Cancun (COP16), seeks to contribute to developing countries $ 100 billion per year from 2020 to shift to cleaner energies and combating change climate.

The Fund must channel the contributions of the rich countries in development.

“We welcome the report,” said Chruszczow, who believes that “it is possible to reach an agreement on the draft” of the report, because “is a good compromise that will attract substantial funds”.

“We want to see the operating fund as soon as possible,” he stressed negotiator in Europe, adding that such a mechanism “will help to promote a low consumption of coal economy” and it can contribute to the “economic recovery” world.

Asked by the institution which should manage the Fund, the EU representative responded that it would have to be an organism “as professional as possible and separated from politics”.

It is not easy to reach agreement on this matter if we take into account that United States rejected weeks ago the draft prepared by the Committee of transition.

The draft of the Committee proposes, among other considerations, that the World Bank acting administrator of the Fund subject to a review Act three years once the money bag is operational.

An activist listen to a speaker during one of the acts of protest against the UN on climate change (COP17) in Durban, South Africa, Conference today, Wednesday, November 30, 2011. EFE

some activists of the indigenous environmental network hold a banner during one of the acts of protest against the UN on climate change (COP17) Conference in Durban, South Africa, today, Wednesday, November 30, 2011. EFE

some environmental activists are involved in one of the acts of protest against the UN on climate change (COP17) in Durban, South Africa, Conference today, Wednesday, November 30, 2011. EFE