Mexico Says Climate Talks Going ‘Well,’ Kyoto Can Wait
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United Nations climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, are proceeding “well,” and a debate over the future of the Kyoto Protocol treaty can wait two more years, Mexican Environment Minister Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada said.
With a week of negotiations to go, it’s too early to tell what final decisions will emerge, though agreements are within reach on protecting forests, setting up a “green fund” to channel climate aid and formalizing emission-reduction pledges made last year by the biggest polluters, Mexico’s Elvira Quesada said in an interview in the resort city.