The road ahead from Bali
The UN-led summit in Bali last month was the world`s largest-ever conference on climate change, with around 11,000 participants and seven heads of state in attendance. The historic significance of Bali, however, was in its concrete agreements and its “Bali road map”. To paraphrase Marthinus van Schalkwyk, the South African environment minister and head of the country`s delegation, these were results that would have been unimaginable even a few months ago.
The Bali road map sets out a framework until 2009 for negotiations among the parties to the conference, with the aim of reaching an agreement on a global response to climate change, which will include measures on mitigation, adaptation, finance and technology. It is a diplomatic breakthrough, which should have a profound effect on the way we approach the issue of climate change.
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