More than 150 nations agreed Saturday (December 10) to launch formal talks on mandatory post-2012 reductions in greenhouse gases talks that will exclude an unwilling United States. For its part the Bush administration, which rejects the emissions cutbacks of the current Kyoto Protocol, accepted only a watered-down proposal to enter an exploratory global "dialogue" on future steps to combat climate change. That proposal specifically rules out "negotiations leading to new commitments." The parallel tracks represented a mixed result for the pivotal two-week U.N. conference on global warming, doing little to close the climate gap between Washington on one side, and Europe, Japan and other supporters of the Kyoto Protocol on the other.

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Official webpages of the convention:
http://unfccc.int/2860.php
http://unfccc.int/meetings/cop_11/items/3394.php

Blogs written by environmentalists during the convention:
http://climatejustice.blogspot.com/
http://www.itsgettinghotinhere.org

Greenpeace Coverage:
http://climate2005.greenpeace.ca