EU says it compromise global warming proposal
The European Union said on Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on future negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing contentious talks at a UN climate change conference nearer to resolution.
By Agencies |
BALI: The European Union said on Saturday it supported a compromise proposal on future negotiations for a new global warming pact, bringing contentious talks at a UN climate change conference nearer to resolution.
The two week-conference had been marked by a fierce battle between the EU, which had argued for explicit goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and the United States, which said targets should be determined by two years of talks.
Humberto Rosa, a Portuguese environment official representing the EU, told delegates that the compromise had been brokered in a "good cooperative atmosphere".
"It results from a compromise," said Rosa. "It was elaborated with the engagement of all the parties".
Complete agreement, however, was stalled by objections by India and China to parts of the text, and the conference session with all delegates was briefly suspended.
Talks on the document, which lays out the agenda for climate talks leading to a global warming pact taking effect at the end of 2012, had run through the night over how far future negotiations should go in trying to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.
After closed-door talks, delegates reconvened in the morning to consider the compromise proposal. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was arriving later, either to announce the launching of the "Bali Roadmap" negotiations or to help break any lingering impasse.
The two week-conference had been marked by a fierce battle between the EU, which had argued for explicit goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, and the United States, which said targets should be determined by two years of talks.
Humberto Rosa, a Portuguese environment official representing the EU, told delegates that the compromise had been brokered in a "good cooperative atmosphere".
"It results from a compromise," said Rosa. "It was elaborated with the engagement of all the parties".
Complete agreement, however, was stalled by objections by India and China to parts of the text, and the conference session with all delegates was briefly suspended.
Talks on the document, which lays out the agenda for climate talks leading to a global warming pact taking effect at the end of 2012, had run through the night over how far future negotiations should go in trying to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.
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After closed-door talks, delegates reconvened in the morning to consider the compromise proposal. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was arriving later, either to announce the launching of the "Bali Roadmap" negotiations or to help break any lingering impasse.
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