The good news COP18 has brought. Doha Gateway
Yesterday, Saturday December 8th, concluded COP 18 in Doha, Qatar. The outcome of the summit is embodied in a document called the "Doha Gateway" which definitely brings us four very good news, I've tried to summarize below: 1. The Kyoto Protocol is extended under a new period that will last 8 years, this means until 2020. The Protocol's flexible mechanisms: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Joint Implementation (JI) and International Emissions Trading (IET), will still be working. 2. It has been established that parties must adopt a n ew framework for a global climate agreement by 2015 , in which all countries of the world are part and should set an ambitious target for 2020. For this, it is important the public commitment of Ban Ki-Moon that has said, he will work with world leaders to make them commit to it in 2014. 3. Finally it was defined the institutional framework or "Infrastructure" to ensure the delivery of finance and technolo