UN Climate Change Conference in Bali

• Tuesday, 04 December 2007 00:00

As the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol in 2012 becomes closer, negotiators from around the world have met in Bali for the UN climate Change Conference

going on between 3rd and 14th of December. Delegates from over 180 nations, together with observers from intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations, will meet to negotiate a new pact to succeed the Kyoto protocol.

The main goal of the Bali conference is to start negotiations on a new international climate change agreement. Parties need to agree on the key issues which the new climate agreement should cover, such as mitigation (including avoided deforestation, where industrialised nations pay rainforest-rich nations to protect their forests to offset greenhouse gas emissions), adaptation, technology and financing. They also need to agree on when the talks and negotiations will conclude so that the new climate change deal can be implemented by national governments before the end of 2012.

Other important issues such as adaptation to climate change, the launch of a fund for adaptation, reducing emissions from deforestation, issues relating to the carbon market, and arrangements for a review of the Kyoto protocol will also be discussed in Bali.

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