The climate negotiations ended on Saturday, many are disappointed with their outcome

Nov 25, 2013 23:11 GMT  ·  By
Environmentalists are not in the least pleased with the outcome of climate talks in Warsaw, Poland
   Environmentalists are not in the least pleased with the outcome of climate talks in Warsaw, Poland

The latest round of UN climate talks ended in Warsaw, Poland, this past Saturday, and conservationists are anything but happy with the outcome. Still, they admit that some progress has been made.

Thus, it appears that the world leaders who took part in this round of climate negotiations agreed that, during the next two years, the world's nations must all decide what it is that they wish to do to curb emissions.

In 2015, they are to make their emissions reduction proposals public. According to Grist, this information must be shared with the public in time for a new round of climate negotiations that are scheduled to take place in Paris towards the end of said year.

These negotiations are expected to lead to the signing of a new climate treaty, the same source details.

By the looks of it, India, China and several other developing nations were not in the least happy to learn that they were to take measures to improve on their ecological footprint, and argued that nobody could force them to spend money on fighting back climate change and global warming.

Eventually, they agreed to roll our climate reduction targets ahead of the 2015 Paris meeting.

The UN climate summit in Warsaw also witnessed an agreement that deforestation through fires, logging and land conversion must also be greatly reduced in order to limit the amount of emissions that reach our planet's atmosphere and put a leash on climate change and global warming.

Thus, heavy investments are to be made to promote a more sustainable use of land.

Lastly, representatives of developed countries who took part in the Warsaw climate talks agreed to think about the possibility to help developing nations cope with and adapt to the devastating effects of climate change and global warming.

However, no final agreement was reached and the issue is expected to be put back on the table after the meeting in Paris in 2015.

Commenting on the outcome of this UN climate summit, environmentalist Martin Kaiser with Greenpeace accused developed countries of failing to do everything in their power to limit climate change and global warming, and said that, “The comatose nature of these negotiations sends a clear signal that increased civil disobedience against new coal plants and oil rigs is needed to prevent catastrophic climate change.”

This is not the first time when Greenpeace proves disappointed with the progress made at this round of climate talks. Last week, representatives of the group, together with other environmentalists, walked out of the Warsaw meeting to protest what they considered to be a lack of ambition on behalf of developed nations.