De Boer Hopeful for Climate Deal in 2011
World leaders may have been disappointed with the outcome of the Copenhagen climate talks this past December, but Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, says a climate deal is possible in 2011.
In an interview with EurActiv, de Boer said that the upcoming UN conference in Cancun this coming December needs to set the basis for a new climate change treaty in 2011.
This follows a new climate strategy announced by the European Commission last week to reinvigorate global climate talks after Copenhagen. The plan calls for a quick implementation of fast-track funding to developing countries and the closure of loopholes in the Kyoto Protocol.
De Boer says the first challenge for Cancun is to turn the Copenhagen Accord and other decisions that were near agreement in Copenhagen into a "functioning architecture." He says the European Union could play an instrumental role in moving the negotiations forward.
Read the entire EurActiv interview here.
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