CANCÚN, Mexico — The U.N.- sponsored climate talks, which began here a week ago, entered a new phase Monday as delegates and high-ranking ministers from nearly 200 countries settled into vast, sunless meeting rooms, intent on restoring the credibility of a process aimed at slowing global warming.
Last year’s climate talks in Copenhagen produced little, but this meeting could end up laying the groundwork for a future climate agreement, what South Korean climate- change ambassador Shin Yeon-Sung called “the building blocks” of a broad approach to cutting emissions linked to global warming.
These include drafting a framework for compensating developing nations for preserving forests; transferring low-carbon technology from developed countries to less-developed ones and providing billions to poor nations in both so they can adapt to climate impacts and reduce their own emissions.
Denver Post wire services
