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United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali

By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:December 2, 2007

Bali, the “island of the Gods,” is playing host to a man-made phenomena of Climate Change. In the natural environment of Indonesia, international community will meet for the crucial international negotiations to chart out a Bali Roadmap to follow the end of the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period in 2012.

A political will emerged this year at different meetings to give Bali Conference under the under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

“The spirit of Bali lies in the appreciation of its people for “Ibu Pertiwi” (mother earth) and also in the principle of collectivity. In this spirit, we must take a collective step forward in establishing a roadmap for a post-2012 agreement,” said Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC Executive Secretary.

Days ahead of Bali Conference Stavros Dimas gave his vision and expectations from the Climate Change Conference to meet the environmental challenges both at home within the European Union and internationally to provide pragmatic and feasible progress with call for new environmental technologies development and promotion throughout the EU.
(http://tejindersinghtito.blogspot.com/2007/10/interview-with-eu-commissioner-dimas.html)

The support to Bali Conference countdown came from as all quarters including G8 Summit in Heiligendamm in June; Group of 5 with emerging economies: China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa; the United Nations and finally the United States government.

The thirteenth United Nations Climate Change Conference in poignant setting of Bali is looked at as the culmination point of marathon twelve months in the climate debates going on around the planet. The recent joint award of the 2007 Noble Peace Prize to Al Gore, the globe-trotting doyen of Climate Change action scenario along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) brought in focus the much needed attention as IPCC in its reports this year put the reality of human-induced global warming beyond any doubt.

According to the most stringent scenario outlined by the IPCC, the global average surface temperature can still be limited to an increase of 2 degrees C above the pre-industrial level. Staying within this limit means a reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions of at least 50 percent below the 1990 level by 2050.

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