Japan was strongly criticized for its attempt to kill the Kyoto Protocol, the only existing mechanism that binds industrialized countries to limit their carbon emissions.
As the negotiations continue at UN climate change conference, or the COP 16, a group of youths from China and the United States sent their message to the delegates, clearly and firmly:"We want the negotiators from both sides to listen to us because their decision will have a huge impact on us."
Cancun is in the news again. Seven years ago, this coastal city in eastern Mexico was the venue for the 5th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Now, it is hosting the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
Concessions are being urged, amid calls to sideline narrow interests for humanity's sake, as negotiators from more than 180 countries gathered at the resort city of Cancun on the Caribbean coast on Monday to discuss ways to combat climate change.
Extreme weather will become more frequent in coming years, a top world climate researcher warned on Tuesday during a press conference at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference.
Commitment on the second period of the Kyoto Protocol (KP) is the foundation of a balanced outcome in the climate talks in Cancun, said Brazil's chief climate negotiator Ambassador Luiz A. Figueiredo.
It is crucial for the international community to prove that Cancun can deliver progress, European Commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard said on Monday.
China expects the ongoing UN climate change conference to produce balanced progress, especially on four core issues of mitigation, adaptation, financial support and technology transfer
The United States' leadership in science and technology is at risk, said US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu on Monday, who added that the US should learn from China's success in clean energy innovations.
The head of the United Nations climate change negotiations believes that leaders from more than 180 countries will agree on a more balanced package of decisions, including a $30 billion fund, at the climate change meetings that begins on Monday.
Concession is urged as negotiators from more than 180 countries gathered at the resort city on the Caribbean coast on Monday, continuing efforts to tackle climate change.
The climate negotiation between China and the United States is moving in the right direction, and both parties have a lot of areas in agreement, said Jonathan Pershing, the US deputy special envoy for climate change, at the first news briefing of the US delegation in the ongoing United Nations’ climate change conference in Cancun.