” “” ” ” “The European Commission wishes to promote "a global alliance for climate change" addressed to the developing countries and the poorest nations, that "will be the ones hit hardest by climate change" and that "have fewer means to face the problem". The EU is developing its own political strategy in the run-up to the UN Conference on Climate Change, due in Bali, Indonesia, from 3rd to 14th December. There, people will have to decide to "start negotiations for an exhaustive, ambitious agreement on climate for after 2012, when the first term of commitment set out by the Kyoto protocol ends". "Scientific figures in this area, as recently presented by the Ipcc (Intergovernmental Party on Climate Change, are clear and worrying", explains the EU Commissioner Stavros Dimas, who will attend the Bali Conference. "The only responsible response is to do more on a global scale to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. That’s why in Bali we have to decide to launch negotiations for a worldwide agreement on climate that must be exhaustive and ambitious and to outline a schedule setting out the major steps". (continued)” “” “
