Climate pact injects symbolic life into Kyoto
- Published: 7 Dec 2012 at 13.47
- Online news: World
A UN climate conference on Saturday extended the life of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, in a small but symbolic victory in the fight against global warming.
Delegates attend the last day of the UN climate talks in Doha, on December 7. A UN conference has passed a package of agreements combating climate change and extended the life of the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding pact on curbing Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions, its chairman said.
It took much haggling and many hours of lost sleep in the Qatari capital to arrive at the deal on interim measures to halt climate change pending a new, global pact due to take effect in 2020.
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