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Kyoto Countries take vital step
Kyoto Countries take vital step towards agreeing longer term targets
Bonn, Germany May 25, 2006 - The Parties to the
Kyoto Protocol have taken
the first step towards
agreeing new and deeper cuts in Co2 emissions for the period
after Kyoto's first commitment period ends in 2012. At a
meeting late last night in Bonn, delegates agreed a
'programme of work' for the next
six months which will
get them one step closer to agreeing a post-2012 climate
regime.
"We haven't saved the planet here in Bonn",
said Bill Hare of Greenpeace,
"but we have taken a step
forward. Now countries are going to have to up
their
game substantially in the next year in order to agree the
cuts that
will be necessary to avoid dangerous climate
change."
The six month programme covers the period
between now and the 12th
Conference of the Parties to
the UNFCCC, and the 2nd Conference of the parties / Meeting
of the Parties to the protocol which will take place in
Nairobi in November. Although it doesn't cover everything
that needs to be discussed, it does mean that negotiations
will be looking at the level of emission reduction required
in the near future, and different scenarios looking at how
to get there.
"Nairobi will be crucial", said Hare. "We
have to start addressing the
challenge in concrete
terms, and looking at ways to reduce industrialized
country emissions by at least 30% by 2020". "We also
need to look at
broadening the discussions to include
all aspects of the future climate
regime".
Ends
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