"BONN -- Governments met in Bonn Monday to tackle curbing global greenhouse gas emissions and helping developing countries adapt to the unavoidable effects of climate change. During the next 10 days, they will work towards writing a global, legally-binding climate agreement, extending the Kyoto Protocol into a second commitment period, and building funding support for developing nations to US$100 billion a year by 2020."
"The Bonn UN Climate Change Conference has drawn around 3,000 participants from 181 countries, including government delegates, representatives from business and industry, environmental organizations and research institutions.
The meeting is the first time government representatives have gathered to assess the results of the annual UN climate change conference last December in Durban, South Africa, and prepare for the upcoming conference in Doha, Qatar at the end of the year.
'Durban was a turning point, where governments agreed tasks and timelines that give the best chance of avoiding the worst of future climate change. We now need to maintain the momentum, to constantly keep turning political decisions into action,' said Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, the body responsible for intergovernmental climate negotiations."
Environment News Service had the story May 14, 2012.
