UN climate chief says he no longer expects adequate climate goals by 2020
By APMonday, June 7, 2010
UN climate chief doesn’t expect key goals by 2020
BERLIN — The outgoing United Nations climate chief says he no longer expects the world to agree to sufficient cuts in greenhouse gases by 2020.
Yvo de Boer told reporters Monday in Bonn that he doesn’t see the U.N.’s negotiation process for climate goals “delivering adequate mitigation targets in the next decade.”
He says, however, that he foresees adequate long-term targets because industrialized countries have said they favor cutting emissions by 80 percent by 2050, and developing countries have also pledged to contribute.
De Boer says commitments by industrialized countries so far amount to 13-14 percent in emission cuts, although scientists say they should be 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
