Days 5, 6, & 7: Reed Smith Report on the 18th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC
This post was written by Peter Zaman, Nicholas Rock and Pryderi Diebschlag
Introduction
The prospect of having nothing clearly agreed after a week of negotiations seemed to hang over proceedings on Friday 30 November 2012. However, as the sun set on Saturday 1 December 2012, the delegates’ motivation began to increase and the early hours of Sunday morning saw genuine progress made before the delegates enjoyed a break on Sunday 2 December 2012.
Definitions of terms used in this and our previous daily Doha conference reports can be found at the link in the left-hand margin.
The Doha Conference: Day Five and Six Friday and Saturday both began with the usual array of contact group meetings and spin-off sessions, although the evenings were marked by informal round-up sessions at which the Chairs of each working group updated the parties on their progress to date. In plenary session the parties were encouraged to reflect on the progress, or lack thereof, during the past few days. The effects of this exercise are reflected in the generally productive outcomes from the SBI and SBSTA work streams which closed following Saturday's session.
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