Tag: UN Qatar Summit Nov 2012

• Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 21:59 UTC

  Why the Qatar Summit could bring new direction for action on climate change

  

  By Lord Hunt & Terry Townshend - We have learnt to expect surprises at UN climate change summits. At Durban, a year ago, there was the unexpected, but welcome, agreement to begin negotiations on a new legally binding instrument involving all major emitters of greenhouse gases, to be finalised by 2015, and to take effect in 2020.