a compromise has been suffered, he threatened several times to have an abortion. But in the end the UN conference in Bali has given birth to an agreement to negotiate "as soon as possible and no later than April of 2008," the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. The aim is to arrive by the end of 2009 a new plan to combat global warming.
Popeye
The US-EU agreement reached with the U.S. green light in principle opposed to the definition of mandatory restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. has thus put an end to their confrontation with the European Union, which pushed for the reduction of emissions by 25-40% by 2020: constraints unacceptable to Washington. The plan adopted today, in fact, makes no reference to specific targets for reducing greenhouse gases, but made to the Report of the Panel on Climate Change, which should suggest the level of reduction necessary. A solution that at the end of a long tug of war, was also accepted by the EU.
satisfaction of Ban Ki-moon
In essence, the participants of the conference in Bali have agreed to launch new post-Kyoto negotiations, in light of the expiry of the "old" protocol in 2012. The Kyoto Protocol, the United States have not ratified, requires 36 industrialized countries to reduce by 2012 their emissions of greenhouse gases by 5% compared to 1990 levels. The Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon thanked the U.S. for their flexibility. "I am encouraged (by the cartel, ed) and I appreciated the spirit of flexibility of the American delegation and other major stakeholders," said the leader of the United Nations.
tears de Boer
The French Minister for Ecology, Jean-Louis Borloo, for his part said he was pleased with the agreement reached. "It was difficult to obtain a commitment di tutti», ha commentato. «L’accordo permette agli Stati Uniti di unirsi a noi e questo è essenziale». Il segretario della Convenzione internazionale sui cambiamenti climatici, che organizza i summit annuali sul clima, e quindi anche questo di Bali, Yvo de Boer, ha pianto nella sessione plenaria davanti a ministri e delegati. Era stato accusato duramente da Cina e India per aver aperto la plenaria mentre era in corso un confronto tra i paesi in via di sviluppo del gruppo G77&Cina. «Non lo sapevo», si è scusato in lacrime De Boer, dinanzi al segretario delle Nazioni Unite, Ban Ki-moon, e del presidente della repubblica dell’Indonesia, giunto al summit questa mattina. De Boer ha lasciato la sala con la voce strozzata.