TIMELINE-Events and dates in 2010 to impact climate deal
Nov 16 (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks will likely miss an opportunity to seal a global warming deal at a conference in Copenhagen from Dec. 7-18, delaying agreement on a full treaty until 2010.
Host country Denmark wants the Copenhagen meeting to set a deadline for a legally binding deal. Following are U.N. climate meetings already scheduled for 2010, and key events which may affect the timing of an agreement.
2009 --
Dec 7-18, COPENHAGEN - Senior officials from 190 nations meet from Dec. 7 to work on details of a new U.N. pact before environment ministers arrive for a final session, from Dec. 16-18. Leaders of about 40 nations have also expressed plans to come for the end of the meeting. Hosts Denmark hope the meeting will set emissions-cutting targets for developed nations.
It is very unlikely that Copenhagen will agree a legally binding pact, leaving negotiators to craft a full deal at subsequent meetings.
2010 --
May 31-June 11, BONN, Germany - The first scheduled U.N. climate meet after Copenhagen. This is an annual meeting of negotiators to discuss technical details of implementing the Kyoto Protocol and for the last two meetings to negotiate a new climate deal to replace Kyoto in 2013.
Nov 2, THE UNITED STATES - The U.S. mid-term elections, where voters decide on at least 36 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate. Political analysts expect that the impending vote will make senators put preserving jobs and cutting costs above climate change. For the United States to make real progress on climate change, a climate bill is vital by mid-2010.
Nov 8-Nov 19, MEXICO CITY - The first scheduled U.N. ministerial climate meeting after Copenhagen. This is an annual meeting where ministers usually sign off tweaks on implementation of Kyoto.
Through 2010, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY -- If the state of the U.S. economy, and especially the jobless rate, does not improve it will make it all the harder for some politicians to vote for a climate bill in Congress. Similarly a tough economic year in other countries would make climate commitments harder.
2011 --
June 6-17, BONN, Germany - The annual, sub-minister meeting of climate negotiators. If a global deal were agreed in 2010, this meeting may set about filling technical details, for example on how a scheme may work to halt deforestation.
AFRICA (exact venue to be confirmed), Nov 28-Dec 9 - The annual minister-level meeting under the U.N. climate framework.
2012 --
Dec. 31 - The current round of the Kyoto Protocol expires
(For an Interactive factbox on the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen please click here)
-- For Reuters latest environment blogs click on: blogs.reuters.com/environment/ (Editing by Janet McBride)
Host country Denmark wants the Copenhagen meeting to set a deadline for a legally binding deal. Following are U.N. climate meetings already scheduled for 2010, and key events which may affect the timing of an agreement.
2009 --
Dec 7-18, COPENHAGEN - Senior officials from 190 nations meet from Dec. 7 to work on details of a new U.N. pact before environment ministers arrive for a final session, from Dec. 16-18. Leaders of about 40 nations have also expressed plans to come for the end of the meeting. Hosts Denmark hope the meeting will set emissions-cutting targets for developed nations.
It is very unlikely that Copenhagen will agree a legally binding pact, leaving negotiators to craft a full deal at subsequent meetings.
2010 --
May 31-June 11, BONN, Germany - The first scheduled U.N. climate meet after Copenhagen. This is an annual meeting of negotiators to discuss technical details of implementing the Kyoto Protocol and for the last two meetings to negotiate a new climate deal to replace Kyoto in 2013.
Nov 2, THE UNITED STATES - The U.S. mid-term elections, where voters decide on at least 36 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate. Political analysts expect that the impending vote will make senators put preserving jobs and cutting costs above climate change. For the United States to make real progress on climate change, a climate bill is vital by mid-2010.
Nov 8-Nov 19, MEXICO CITY - The first scheduled U.N. ministerial climate meeting after Copenhagen. This is an annual meeting where ministers usually sign off tweaks on implementation of Kyoto.
Through 2010, THE GLOBAL ECONOMY -- If the state of the U.S. economy, and especially the jobless rate, does not improve it will make it all the harder for some politicians to vote for a climate bill in Congress. Similarly a tough economic year in other countries would make climate commitments harder.
2011 --
June 6-17, BONN, Germany - The annual, sub-minister meeting of climate negotiators. If a global deal were agreed in 2010, this meeting may set about filling technical details, for example on how a scheme may work to halt deforestation.
AFRICA (exact venue to be confirmed), Nov 28-Dec 9 - The annual minister-level meeting under the U.N. climate framework.
2012 --
Dec. 31 - The current round of the Kyoto Protocol expires
(For an Interactive factbox on the Climate Change conference in Copenhagen please click here)
-- For Reuters latest environment blogs click on: blogs.reuters.com/environment/ (Editing by Janet McBride)
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