The Hague
COP 6 in The Hague, can be noted for both failure and success - failure, in that the delegates could not reach a decision and success in the fact that it sparked renewed interest in global warming, while proving that an inter-governmental conference can be managed peacefully.
COP 6 in The Hague, can be noted for both failure and success - failure, in that the delegates could not reach a decision and success in the fact that it sparked renewed interest in global warming, while proving that an inter-governmental conference can be managed peacefully.
"Nobody in particular is responsible for the failure", COP 6 President Jan Pronk of the Netherlands commented in his closing remarks. "We are all responsible."
Some background
The Conference of Parties (COP) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
Some background
The Conference of Parties (COP) to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) has the task of negotiating ways to implement the Convention, by developing formal agreements to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
Each year, representatives meet in a different city to discuss ways of implementing the Protocol and it is hoped that agreement will finally be achieved by 2002, ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio.
The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6).
Each year, representatives meet in a different city to discuss ways of implementing the Protocol and it is hoped that agreement will finally be achieved by 2002, ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio.