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Brief Summary
On the one hand, the UN Climate Conference
in Bali (December 2007) has initiated negiotiations that should result
in an international UN climate treaty by 2009. Negotiations are structured
in four major building blocks: 1. Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions,
2. Adaptation to climate change, 3. Technology transfer, 4. Financing climate
and forest protection and adaptation. On the other hand, the conference
has demonstrated that there are still major obstacles to overcome on the
way to an agreement that will actually induce a turnaround in global climate
policy within the next decade. Much more political will be needed to seriously
address critical issues - from traffic to coal. It is unlikely that this
can be achieved without the valuable contributions of an active civil society.