Cancun
CANCUN - The UN climate summit reached the Cancun Agreement here early Saturday - but there was no mention of the extent to which industrialised countries would commit to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol's commitment period ends.
CANCUN - Climate activists welcomed a deal reached at a UN summit in Mexico for making real progress in confronting climate change, but said there was still a long way to go.
CANCUN - A Chinese diplomat has voiced opposition to proposals made by several countries to bring Taiwan as an observer into the negotiations process of the UN climate conference here, a media report said Friday.
CANCUN - India came under fire to get its commitment to tackle climate change under a legally binding global treaty, but it declared this unacceptable as the UN climate summit became deadlocked here Wednesday despite round-the-clock negotiations behind closed doors.
