Memo: Durban conference delivers breakthrough for climate

On the 11 December 2011, the European Union welcomed the agreement reached at the UN climate conference in Durban as a historic breakthrough in the fight against climate change. After two weeks of negotiations, the 195 Parties to the UN climate change convention agreed on a roadmap, proposed by the EU, for drawing up a legal framework by 2015 for climate action by all countries.

The Durban conference also agreed that there will be a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, made operational the new Green Climate Fund for developing countries and approved a series of measures which build on the progress made at Cancun conference on 2010

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ESO: Background information: Climate talks reach new global accord / Climate deal boost for carbon markets http://www.europeansources.info/record/climate-talks-reach-new-global-accord-climate-deal-boost-for-carbon-markets/

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