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UN Climate conference, Poznan, 1 - 12 December 2008

The United Nations conference on climate change will run from December 1 to 12, 2008 in Poznan, Poland.

The United Nations conference on climate change will run from December 1 to 12, 2008 in Poznan, Poland.

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The United Nations conference on climate change will run from December 1 to 12 in Poznan, Poland. This conference marks the halfway point in international negotiations for an agreement to strengthen and extend the Kyoto Protocol after it expires in 2012.

The negotiations were launched in Bali in 2007 and will conclude in Copenhagen in December 2009.

To goal for governments in Copenhagen must be to agree to a course that will avoid the catastrophic climate change that could result from global warming. The mean temperature increase must be kept as far below 2 degrees C as possible. Global greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2015 and decline rapidly after that.

The Canadian government has a delegation at Poznan. Canada is scheduled to make a statement on December 10, when national statements will be made to the conference plenary

In Poznan, Greenpeace is calling on the Canadian government to play a positive role in discussions. Among other things, Canada must agree to implement an action plan that will reduce this country’s greenhouse gas emissions at least 25 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020.

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Canada must support international efforts to agree on long-term goals for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so that the world avoids catastrophic climate change.

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