Road map to a global legal regime for climate action

摘要

At the Durban climate conference that ended on 11 december, the European Union's strategy worked. The first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. The EU had made clear we would engage in a second Kyoto period only if Durban agreed on a clear road map to a deal which for the first time will bind all nations legalk. And Durban delivered this road map. It agreed that this new legal framework must be concluded by 2015 and conic into force from 2020. And it slated that the new climate regime must be more ambitious than the one we have now. By standing united and firm in Durban, the EU achieved what few had thought possible. We put pressure on the big emitters. We proved wrong those who thought the EU would cave in to China and Tndia. We had lo fight until the very last minute but we succeeded in bringing for the first time all countries into a common and truly global legal regime lo curb emissions.