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Belfast, 29 November 2007
Call for 'road map' on climate change after 2012
In advance of the December UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, the European Commission and Member States have called on the host, Indonesia, to launch negotiations on a comprehensive and ambitious global climate change agreement for the period after 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period ends. This post 2012 "road map" is a key objective of the Commission and EU member states following the alarming assessment of current and future climate change recently completed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, who will participate in the high-level segment of the Bali conference from 12-14th December, said: "The scientific evidence of climate change highlighted by the IPCC is compelling andalarming. The only responsible reaction is to step up global efforts to limit emissions of greenhouse gases. That is why in Bali we must agree to launch negotiations on a global and comprehensive climate agreement and define a ‘roadmap’ setting out its main components. He added: "The goal of the future agreement must be to limit global warming to no more than 2ºC above the pre-industrial temperature so we can prevent the most devastating impacts of climate change. The Bali meeting is a key opportunity to agree on this level of ambition to guide our negotiations over the next two years." For more information: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/home_en.htm
IP/07/1773
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