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Act and negotiate in Durban
There will be no “all clear” for the climate: global emissions of greenhouse gases have reached another new all-time high - never in the history of mankind has so much CO2 from fossil fuels been released into the atmosphere as in 2010. A major political effort will be needed at the UN Climate Conference in Durban if effective rules to curb emissions are to be agreed. The Kyoto Protocol, the only international agreement to date that sets binding emissions reduction targets, is due to expire in 2012. Key emitters such as the USA never signed the Protocol. Leading climate advisors for the German federal government insist, however, that the UN climate process is vital: a binding agreement under the aegis of the United Nations is the only way to manage climate change. This is the key message of high-level representatives of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU), the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) at a joint press conference held prior to the start of the 17th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa. read more
