Africa: Climate Accord Offers Some Grounds for Hope, Say Analysts

21 December 2009

The UN Climate Change Conference ended on Saturday (19 December) with frustration and verdicts of failure from many delegates because it did not reach a binding agreement on how to tackle climate change - or any agreement at all on targets for carbon emissions.

But some commentators say that important principles behind fighting climate change have been established for the first time, and some action could start immediately even without the existence of a universal agreement.

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