Durban Climate Change Conference - December 2011

The United Nations Climate Change Conference, Durban 2011, brought together representatives of the world's governments, international organizations and global society.

The discussions sought to advance, in a balanced fashion, the implementation of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol, as well as the Bali Action Plan, agreed at COP 13 in 2007, and the Cancun Agreements, reached at COP 16 last December.

http://unfccc.int/meetings/durban_nov_2011/meeting/6245.php

So what happened? Was it more talk and no action. Well just about!

A marathon UN climate conference approved a roadmap towards an accord that for the first time will bring all major greenhouse-gas emitters under a single legal agreement.

If approved as scheduled in 2015, the pact will be operational from 2020 and become the prime weapon in the fight against climate change.

The deal was reached after nearly 14 days of talks under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Are you really interested in the outcome? If so then, the outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention can be found at the following link:

http://unfccc.int/documentation/documents/advanced_search/items/3594.php?rec=j&priref=600006741

Want to know what your country representatives told the meeting? The follow this link:

http://unfccc.int/meetings/durban_nov_2011/statements/items/6584.php

One thing that I can predict is that we should not wait for the Politicians to solve this issue for us! Collective business leadership and action is required.

What are you doing to be the change agent?