UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (OneWorld) - There are signs that key U.S. officials are ready to take on global warming, even as much of the world community failed to show its will to deal with the impending threat at a recent global conference.
Despite intense calls for new and radical actions, last week delegates at the UN-sponsored meeting in Kenya agreed on many outstanding issues, but not on further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
Environmental groups widely described the outcome as a failure, but not all were expressing despair. Though equally unhappy with the results, some believe that meaningful global action on climate change is not a distant possibility.
In Nairobi, while delegates failed to set a deadline for concluding international negotiations on further cuts in emissions beyond 2012, they did agree to continue their discussions in the future.
As the next round of international talks takes place in Bali, Indonesia, in 2008, proponents of strong action against global warming say they hope that by then the United States may be in position to play an effective role in taking the world in a more positive direction.
Showing posts with label Climate - Kyoto - UNFCCC - Nairobi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Climate - Kyoto - UNFCCC - Nairobi. Show all posts
Wednesday, 22 November 2006
Sunday, 19 November 2006
Little progress at climate summit
Little progress at climate summit
Xan Rice in Nairobi
Saturday November 18, 2006
Guardian
Environmental campaigners expressed anger last night after a UN climate change conference in Nairobi seemed to be about to end without major breakthroughs.
As talks continued, more than 180 countries had tentatively agreed to review the Kyoto protocol, which requires rich countries to limit greenhouse emissions, in 2008. But there was no deal on a deadline for setting new global targets that will apply after 2012, when Kyoto expires. Nor were there any signs that the US and Australia, which have rejected the treaty, would consider signing a successor agreement, or that industrialising countries such as China and India would agree to cut their carbon emissions in future.
The Kyoto review would show how much or how little progress has been made in tackling global warming. If the latter, the results could put pressure on rich nations to agree steeper cuts and on developing countries to limit emissions.
Barbara Helfferich, a European commission spokeswoman, said the timing of the review would ensure there was no gap between Kyoto and "son of Kyoto".
But environmentalists were unhappy with the outcome. "It means that the Kyoto show is still rolling on, which is good," said Andrew Pendleton of Christian Aid. "But if you look at the scale of the problem, the results we have seen are timid."
For more information on the Kyoto protocol click on the following web site
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php
Xan Rice in Nairobi
Saturday November 18, 2006
Guardian
Environmental campaigners expressed anger last night after a UN climate change conference in Nairobi seemed to be about to end without major breakthroughs.
As talks continued, more than 180 countries had tentatively agreed to review the Kyoto protocol, which requires rich countries to limit greenhouse emissions, in 2008. But there was no deal on a deadline for setting new global targets that will apply after 2012, when Kyoto expires. Nor were there any signs that the US and Australia, which have rejected the treaty, would consider signing a successor agreement, or that industrialising countries such as China and India would agree to cut their carbon emissions in future.
The Kyoto review would show how much or how little progress has been made in tackling global warming. If the latter, the results could put pressure on rich nations to agree steeper cuts and on developing countries to limit emissions.
Barbara Helfferich, a European commission spokeswoman, said the timing of the review would ensure there was no gap between Kyoto and "son of Kyoto".
But environmentalists were unhappy with the outcome. "It means that the Kyoto show is still rolling on, which is good," said Andrew Pendleton of Christian Aid. "But if you look at the scale of the problem, the results we have seen are timid."
For more information on the Kyoto protocol click on the following web site
http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php
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