Finally there is some real drama and excitement in the climate talks as the African groups unleashed their frustration in Barcelona.
The African delegations put their foot down and said they wouldn’t negotiate the finer details of a global climate deal until some fundamentals were resolved.
Early this week the African delegations closed the Kyoto Protocol track of the negotiations for 24 hours citing frustration with the lack of progress on realistic emission reduction targets for industrialized countries.
Tasneem Essop from WWF South Africa shares her take on this
Africans placed the developed countries on notice that they had to come forth with realistic numbers and split them to show the proportions of domestic reductions, offsets and LULUCF … or risk another walk out by the African group which could extend right across the negotiations.
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