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Paris.
Plans for a global center to help transfer clean technology to poorer countries
have drawn nine bids, including from Indonesia’s National Council on Climate
Change, the UN climate forum said on Monday.
Parties to
the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) backed the proposal at a
meeting in Durban, South Africa last December.
Bidders to
host the center include a 13-member consortium led by the Kenya-based UN
Environment Programme (UNEP) and whose ranks include energy research institutes
in India, the United States and Netherlands, the UNFCCC said in a press
release.
Others are
the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), a Washington-based international
funder of environmental programmes; Costa Rica’s Institute of Technology; and
Indonesia’s National Council on Climate Change.
There is
also a bid by the Research Institute of Petrolum Industry (RIPI) in Tehran,
which carries out research for Iran’s oil and gas sector.
Fossil
fuels are the biggest contributor to global warming, which scientists say is
inflicting worrying changes to the climate system.
The nine
applicants will be whittled down to a shortlist of five next month.
In May, a
UNFCCC expert panel will propose the winner. Final approval rests with the
UNFCCC’s annual ministerial-level meeting, taking place in Qatar from November
26 - December 7.
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