2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference

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Date(s)	3 December 2007 (2007-12-03)– 15 December 2007 (2007-12-15)
Location(s)	Bali International Conference Centre, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia
Previous event	← Nairobi 2006
Next event	Poznań 2008 →
Participants	UNFCCC member countries

The 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place at the Bali International Conference Centre, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, between December 3 and December 15, 2007 (though originally planned to end on 14 December). Representatives from over 180 countries attended, together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations.^[1] The conference encompassed meetings of several bodies, including the 13th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 13), the 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (MOP 3 or CMP 3), together with other subsidiary bodies and a meeting of ministers.^[1]

Negotiations on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol dominated the conference. A meeting of environment ministers and experts held in June called on the conference to agree on a road-map, timetable and "concrete steps for the negotiations" with a view to reaching an agreement by 2009.^[2] It has been debated whether this global meeting on climate change has achieved anything significant at all.

Initial EU proposals called for global emissions to peak in 10 to 15 years and decline "well below half" of the 2000 level by 2050 for developing countries and for developed countries to achieve emissions levels 20-40% below 1990 levels by 2020. The United States strongly opposed these numbers, at times backed by Japan, Canada, Australia and Russia. The resulting compromise mandates "deep cuts in global emissions" with references to the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "United Nations Climate Change Conference". United Nations. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-03.
^ "Environment leaders say U.N. summit should set timeline for post-Kyoto agreement". International Herald Tribune. 2007-06-14. Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved 2007-08-03.

External links

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Bali summit mini-site from BBC News

News

December 18, 2007, Sydney Morning Herald: Answer to hot air was in fact a chilling blunder
December 17, 2007, Guardian unlimited: "We've been suckered again by the US. So far the Bali deal is worse than Kyoto" by George Monbiot, Guardian
December 16, 2007, Guardian unlimited: "At last, some wisdom on global warming" Observer leading article.
December 15, 2007, Bloomberg.com: U.S. & Developing Nations Compromise on Climate Talks
December 15, 2007, Reuters: Chronology: U.S. U-turn brings Bali climate deal
December 15, 2007, Reuters: High and low points of Bali climate talks
December 14, 2007, India eNews: US throws climate change summit out of gear at last moment
December 13, 2007, India eNews: Al Gore's oratory electrifies Bali summit
December 3, 2007, Reuters: Australia steals show at Bali climate talks
December 3, 2007, New York Times: Climate Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report

United Nations climate change conferences

Types of events

Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (CMP)
Conference of the Parties Serving as the Meeting of the Parties of the Paris Agreement (CMA)

Conferences

1990s	COP1 (Berlin, 1995) COP2 (Geneva, 1996) COP3 (Kyoto, 1997) COP4 (Buenos Aires, 1998) COP5 (Bonn, 1999)
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2010s	COP16–CMP6 (Cancún, 2010) COP17–CMP7 (Durban, 2011) COP18–CMP8 (Doha, 2012) COP19–CMP9 (Warsaw, 2013) COP20–CMP10 (Lima, 2014) COP21–CMP11 (Paris, 2015) COP22–CMP12–CMA1 (Marrakech, 2016) COP23–CMP13–CMA1.2 (Bonn, 2017) COP24–CMP14–CMA1.3 (Katowice, 2018) COP25–CMP15–CMA2 (Madrid, 2019)
2020s	COP26–CMP16–CMA3 (Glasgow, 2021) COP27–CMP17–CMA4 (Sharm El Sheikh, 2022) COP28–CMP18–CMA5 (Dubai, 2023) COP29–CMP19–CMA6 (Baku, 2024)

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Climate change

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Causes

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