Press Release: Climate action: Doha conference must lay the foundations for the 2015 global climate deal

The United Nations climate change conference in Doha, Qatar must start the hard work of turning 2011's agreement to enhance global climate action into reality. The European Union wants an outcome that takes forward all elements of the package of decisions agreed in Durban towards a new global climate agreement by 2015. The EU has also asked the Qatari Presidency to hold ministerial discussions to agree on concrete measures to cut global emissions further before 2020. The EU stands firmly by its part of the deal struck in Durban and its commitment to participate in a second period of the Kyoto Protocol.

European Commission: Memo/12/888: Climate action: Questions and Answers on the UN climate conference in Doha http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-888_en.htm

European Commission: Speech/12/904: Connie Hedegaard: Moving forward together http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-12-904_en.htm

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