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Results of the Conference
Presentation of the Conference

Results of the Conference

The 13th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Third Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol were held in Bali, Indonesia, from December 3 to 15, 2007.

France welcomes the adoption of the "Bali Roadmap" which establishes a process for negotiations leading by the end of 2009 to a global agreement on the regime to address climate change for post-2012.

The Bali conference produced progress on action to address deforestation, help for developing countries in their efforts to adapt to the effects of climate change, and transfers of clean technology to these countries.

The Bali conference gave new impetus to the mobilization of the international community which now has two years to achieve an ambitious agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilize global warming. As evident from the conclusions of the Grenelle Environment seminar in October, France remains totally committed to this goal.

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"The progress noted in Bali is encouraging. President Sarkozy welcomes the adoption of the climate roadmap, which takes on board the main points he had set out in his speech at the United Nations on 24 September this year in New York and talked about more recently in Beijing during his State visit(...)."

Presentation of the Conference

The 13th conference of parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 3rd meeting of the parties to the Kyoto Protocol are being held in Bali, Indonesia, from December 3 - 14, 2007.

Jean-Louis Borloo, Minister of State, Minister for Ecology, Sustainable Development and Planning, represents France; the Secretary of State for Ecology, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, and the Special Ambassador for negotiations on global warning, Brice Lalonde, will also be taking part in the proceedings.

The Bali Conference comes in the wake of the publication on November 17 of the 4th report of the international panel of experts on climate change (IPCC) which confirms the seriousness of the threat of global warming on our planet.

That is why France, whose action is in line with the European Union framework, and in particular the conclusions of the European Council of March 2007, hopes that the Bali Conference will produce ambitious results capable of providing a global response to the challenges of climate change, in particular:

  the satisfactory implementation of the Kyoto Protocol for the period 2008 - 2012;

  the adoption of a “road map” leading to a global agreement by 2009 for post 2012;

  the need to perpetuate and develop the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms;

  and the formulation of a differentiated contribution from emerging countries and other developing countries.

As the findings of the “Grenelle de l’Environnement” showed in October, France is fully engaged in the fight against climate change and expects the Bali Conference to give new impetus to international mobilization.

Australia announces it is to ratify the Kyoto Protocol (December 3, 2007)

France welcomes Australia’s announcement today that it is to ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

The decision, coming when the conference of the Parties to the Convention on Climate Change is beginning in Bali, is an encouraging sign for the commitment of the international community in the fight against greenhouse gas emission.
 

 

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