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World leaders vow to strive for Green deal

Curtain falls on UN climate change summit; next meet in 2009

PINAKI ROY, from Poznan, Poland
The higher segment of Conference of Parties (COP-14) of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) concluded yesterday in Poznan, Poland, with global leaders' commitment to keep on negotiating to reach a consensus on a Green deal in the next UN climate change summit in Copenhagen.
Prior to the Copenhagen summit (COP-15) in December 2009, at least three
negotiations are going to take place in March, July and August.
The parties have already agreed on an action plan to curb greenhouse gas emissions and channel help to vulnerable countries beyond 2012, when current provisions under the UNFCCC's Kyoto Protocol expire.
The delegates on Friday were expected to decide that a mountain of proposals for the treaty's text be honed down to a negotiation blueprint by next June. The meeting was going on as of filing of this report
at 8:00pm Bangladesh time.
More than 11,000 representatives actively participated in the rwo-week-longconference.
On behalf of Bangladesh, Raja Debasish Roy, special assistant to the chief adviser for the Ministry of Environment and Forest, presented Bangladesh's position.
Bangladeshi government and nongovernmentdelegates present in Poznan sat together yesterday to discuss how to
SEE PAGE 15 COL 3 go forward with the climate change issue till COP-15 so that Bangladesh could be benefited by the negotiations.
The delegates decided to persuade the government in appointing a permanent special envoy, who is experienced in UN negotiations, on climate change.
Raja Roy. chief of the Bangladesh delegates, promised to convey the message to the government.
Selemul Haque, chief of the climate change cell of International Institute of Development and Environment (IIDE), at the meeting said the meetings of the climate change adaptation fund board achieved a lot of progress which is good news for vulnerable countries like Bangladesh.
Former US vice-president Al Gore yesterday delivered his speech at the Poznan summit. He said the sign of climate change is clear and this is the biggest d.isaster that the humankind has ever faced.
"We are approaching a point of no return. Roads to Copenhagen are clear and we have to go forward," he said, adding that the global leaders must reach a consensus on greenhouse gas emissions.
Claiming climate change is a moral and spiritual issue, Al Gore said, "Even the steps taken here sometimes seem small but now we are at a point from where we can go forward."
Referring to his conversation with US president-elect Barak Obama, Al Gore said Obama would place the climate change issue as one of his priorities and once he takes office the US will engage in the negotiations vigorously.
"The time for delay is over. The time for denial is over. This is a matter of national security," Al Gore quoted Obama as saying.
Gore said, "Our children have rights and they deserve betterfuture."
Meanwhile, youths from across the globe gathered in Poznan yesterday and they launched a protest chanting "Survival is non-negotiable".