The international community will deliberate over ways to curb pollution as UN Climate Talks open in Tianjin, China.
Delegates from 177 governments have arrived in China where they will indulge in week-long discussions on how to curb greenhouse emissions and avert global warming disasters. It is the first time that China, known as the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, is hosting a meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Talks offer the last chance for the delegates to reach a framework before they meet in Cancun, Mexico, in November-December to draft a final agreement. There are little hopes for an amiable solution as there are large differences among the envoys. The last climate summit was held in Copenhagen in 2009 where the leaders failed to produce an obligatory agreement.
The Copenhagen talks failed to result in an agreement over differences on setting a global emissions reduction target. There were also reservations on developing a system that could measure and verify emissions cuts thus helping countries affected by climate change adapt to the climate change.
International community has called on China to come up with a proposal to cut down its emissions. There will also be discussions on the $30 billion in short-term financing, which was pledged by the developed countries to curb pollution, and was valid for the period of 2010 to 2012.
Kyoto Protocol, which was the last agreed-upon emission contract by the global community, is set to expire at the end of 2012, thus necessitating the need for a new global agreement.
