bonn,germanyanewroundofclimatetalksendedfridaywithrichandpoorcountriesbothsharplycriticizinganewtextmeanttopavethewaytowardadealtohaltglobalwarming.Still,theunitednationssaidprogresswasmadeatthetwo-weekmeetinginbonn."Thisallinallisabigstepforwardmakingmuchmorepossibleincancun,"saidu.N.Climatechiefyvodeboer,referringtothenextmajorclimatesummitinmexicoattheendoftheyear.Inbonn,negotiatorsfrom185countriestriedtoreviveeffortsforaglobaltreatytofightclimatechangeafterthedisappointingu.N.Summitincopenhagenindecember.Summingupthetalks,thechairofanegotiatinggroup,margaretmukahanana-sangarwe,presentedacompromisetextonallmajorissuesofaclimatetreatywhichwasmeanttobridgesomeofthedifferencesbetweenrichandpoornationsandtobecomethebasisforfurthernegotiations.However,delegatesfromcountriesincludingtheunitedstates,china,india,brazilandpakistanrejectedthetextinafloordebate.Bolivianambassadorpablosolontoldreportersthedocumentfavorsdevelopedcountriesandincorporatestoomuchoftheso-calledcopenhagenaccord,apoliticaldeclarationbrokeredbypresidentbarackobamainthedanishcapital."Thisisnotabasisfornegotiations,"solonsaid."Weareinthemiddleofaverycomplicatedsituation."Environmentalgroupsalsowerenotimpressed."Thistexthasmovedverylittle,"wendeltrioofgreenpeacetoldreporters."Oncontent,wedontseetheprogressweneed,"saidantjevonbroockoffriendsoftheearth.Nonetheless,outgoingu.N.Climatechiefdeboersaidathislastnewsconferencethatthetwo-weeksessionhadadvancedchancesforaclimatedeal."Thissessionhasmadeimportantprogress,"saiddeboer,whowillstepdownjuly1.Hespecificallymentionednearingcompromiseontechnicalissuesconcerningclimatefunding,adaptation,technologytransfers,anddeforestation.However,healsosaidmoreambitionisneededinactuallycuttinggreenhousegasemissions."Thetwo-degree-worldisindanger,"deboersaid,referringtothegoaltolimitglobalwarmingto2degreescelsius(3.6degreesfahrenheit)ascomparedtopreindustrialtimes.Thenewtextmentionsindustrializedcountriesshouldaimtocutgreenhousegases25to40percentby2020whichscientistssayisnecessarytoslowglobalwarming.Butthedocumentdoesnotsetayearwhenthatcomparisonshouldstart.Scientistssaythebaselineshouldbe1990,whiletheunitedstateshasarguedfor2005.Solonsaidpoorernationsalsowereworriedthatreferencestothe1997kyotoprotocoltheinternationalclimatechangeagreementsettingemissiontargetsforindustrializedcountrieswereeliminated.Intensenegotiationsonthenewclimatetreatyhavebeengoingonforthreeyears.In2007,au.N.Conferenceinbalidecidedthedealshouldbefinalizedin2009,buttheeffortfailedincopenhagen.Deboerhassaidacomprehensivedealisunlikelyeventhisyear,butthe"architecture"forthetreatycouldbeagreedon.Scientistssaytheworldneedstostopgrowthofgreenhousegasemissionsquicklytopreventdramaticconsequencesofglobalwarming,suchasrisingseas,severedroughts,floodingandheavystorms. What causes PCOS !,Becomeafanonfacebook |4444444444444444|
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