UN climate talks to resume in April in Germany
The United Nations says formal negotiations on an international treaty to control global warming will resume in Bonn in April, four months after the failed climate change summit in Copenhagen
The Associated Press in the Washington Post | February 23, 2010
FILE -- In this Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer talks to journalists in Bonn, Germany. De Boer said Thursday Feb. 18, 2010, that he is resigning after nearly four years. His resignation takes effect on July 1, five months before 193 nations are due to reconvene in Mexico for another attempt to reach a worldwide agreement on controlling greenhouse gases.(AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil, file) (Roberto Pfeil - AP)
U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer said Tuesday the negotiating schedule is being intensified in order to secure a global climate deal at the end of the year. After the Bonn meeting April 9-11, more talks are scheduled there for May 31-June 11.
The next world climate summit is to take place in Cancun, Mexico, from Nov. 29 to Dec. 10.
De Boer, who will resign July 1, said that since Copenhagen 100 countries have submitted individual emission cut targets. He said he saw commitment by governments "to move negotiations forward toward success in Cancun."
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