“With 2012 marking the limit set by the landmark 1997 Kyoto Protocol agreement for nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, delegates at the 12-day UN sponsored Conference of Parties (COP) should feel compelled to agree on the next course of action.
But with hopes fading that the world’s rival industrialised nations will sign up to any meaningful agreements, the mood in Durban this week will likely be one of subdued realism. The disappointment that followed similar COP conferences in Copenhagen in 2009 and last year in Cancun has tempered optimism.” ~ France 24
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Posted in: Climate Change
Posted on November 29, 2011
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