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/ 6 December 2007
Climate scientists from around the world urged delegates at United Nations-led talks in Bali on Thursday to make deeper and swifter cuts to greenhouse emissions to prevent dangerous global warming. In a declaration, more than 200 scientists said governments had a window of only 10 to 15 years for global emissions to peak and decline.
Welcome to the United Nations climate talks, where days of frustration, political point-scoring, long hours and sheer exhaustion guarantee a memorable meeting, if not always much progress. And if you’re the last one standing, you’re the winner. This process is agreement by exhaustion,” a senior delegate at UN climate talks in Bangkok said this week.