At 8.30am, on a Sunday morning, the third and final session of this fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Gleneagles Dialogue began under the robust co-chairmanship of Mr. Marthinus Van Schalwyk (Minister of Environment, South Africa) and Mr. Ian Shugart (Associate Deputy Minister of Environment, Canada).

The Keynote address from Dr Ichiro Kamoshita (Minister of the Environment, Japan) explained that scientific evidence from the IPCC report showed that time was not on our-side. He explained how the Japanese G8 Summit this year will discuss a long-term goal, a mid-term goal for developed countries, and the action of developing countries and how developed countries can support them in developing a low-carbon economyA green economy is a economy or economic development model based on sustainable development and a knowledge of ecological economics. He explained the importance of a low carbon society, and how he felt that both long and mid-term goals were important in delivering this. Kamoshita said that the reduction potential of available needs to be tallied up – to help this Japan would sponsor a workshop, which from a ground-up level would look at different sectors. Kamoshita, went on to say that the world needed a fair (not uniform), but efficient pathway to reduce global carbon emissionsEmissions of greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas precursors, and aerosols associated with human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, land-use changes, livestock, fertilisation, etc. (IPCC).

Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary, US Department of State, explained within the concept of common, but differentiated responsibility; a commitment must be made by every country. Any agreed post-2012 agreement needs to be simple and practicable, and flexible, whilst taking into account a wide range of national circumstances and national concerns. She believed the success that occurred in Bali, would not have been possible without the Gleneagles Dialogue process.

Ms. Masnellyarti Hilman, Deputy Minister for the Environment, Indonesia, explained how the CDM process was helping developing countries to adapt and mitigate the challenges of Climate ChangeClimate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or ..., but the system needs to be scaled up. She said that now was the time to stop talking and start acting.

Elliot Morely, GLOBE International, explained how he felt that the Gleneagles Dialogue process had allowed attending countries to discuss areas of agreement; on how to stabilise the climateClimate is typically defined as the average weather (or more rigorously a statistical description of the average in terms of the mean and variability) over a period of time, usually 30 years. These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate ..., whilst allowing for economic growthIdeally, economic growth is decoupled from energy consumption. This can be achieved through different measures, one of them being energy efficiency or a shift towards less energy intensive sectors, such as services. to tackle poverty. He said globally we needed to increase carbon productivity, by a factor of 15 by 2015; timescales were short, and we need a carbon revolution in a third of the time of the Industrial Revolution. He explained that the Montreal Protocol had shown that the costs of abatement were often less than the original estimates. He concluded by saying there needed to be unprecedented co-operation with governments for any deal to succeed.

Graeme Sweeney, World Economic Forum, explained that the global surge in energy demandDemand is measured in kWh and describes the requirement for energy as an input to provide products and/or services of an economy. Electricity suppliers run their power station accordingly. would continue to grow, therefore energy efficiencyUsing less energy/electricity to perform the same function. Programs designed to use electricity more efficiently - doing the same with less. must be centre stage of any solution, and there needs to be an increase in the deployment of renewable technologies. He explained how this was not a easy task, but governments should not forget the role of the consumer, as they needed to explain a low-carbon economy to the voter. A win-win solution was only possible if long-term goals were set, and if there was unprecedented cooperation between governments and the private sector.

Ms. Rajasree Ray, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Government of India, explained that for India economic growth was most important. She commented that as India did not cause climate change, it cannot therefore be constrained by GHG targets.

Mr. Matthias Maching, State Secretary for the Environment, Germany, said we needed to maintain momentum in the international process, as time is still the most pressingPressing is a mechanical process to extract oil from oily plants and seeds. problem. Globally we needed a long-term goal, which must reduce emissions by 50%. Developed Countries needed a mandatory mid-term target of between 25%-40% reductions, and following this there needs to be a cascade of responsibilities.

Mr, Brice Lalonde, Government of France, asked fellow attending Ministers attending, if they had the political will to challenge this problem. In response to the points made by India, he said, some of us here have historical responsibilities, but we all have future responsibilities and capabilities.

Mr. Zhenhua Xie, Vice Chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, explained that he felt that developing countries needed to grow alongside the economics of climate change.

Minister Martin Ferguson, Minister for Resources and EnergyThe ability to perform work, mainly kinetic, potential, thermal energy, but also in forms of gravitational, sound, elastic and electromagnetic energy., Australia said, time is not on our side and everyone has to pull its weight and front-up to their responsibilities.

Mr. Jos Delbeke, European Commission, said that within any agreement there needed to be verifiable emissions data, so people can have trust and faith in the system, as good data has helped to improve the function of the CDMDefined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, the CDM is intended to meet two objectives: (1) to assist parties not included in Annex I in achieving sustainable development and in contributing to the ultimate objective of the convention; and (2) to assist parties included in Annex I in achieving .... Good data is the cement to ensure that any agreement/treaty gets implemented, and effort must be tied to economic capability (GDP per capita).

Jennifer Morgan, speaking on behalf of the NGOAn NGO is a legally constituted organization that operates independently from any government. The UN term is normally used to refer to organizations that aren't part of a government and not for-profit business. community, said that we need an agreement that will bring out the best from our governments, societies and business. Any future agreement needs to go beyond carbon markets and include technology transferThe exchange of knowledge, hardware and associated software, money and goods among stakeholders that leads to the spreading of technology for adaptation or mitigation The term encompasses both diffusion of technologies and technological cooperation across and within countries. (IPCC) and intellectual property rights (IPR).

Mr. Halldor Thoreirsson, UNFCCCThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty that resulted from the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992. Their aim is to limit GHG emissions to levels that will not threaten the environment and livleyhoods., finished the session by reminding delegates that we should not see the negotiations and future agreement as a rugby game, but a joint team effort.