Clashes On Durban Streets As COP17 Gets Serious

The 194-nation process is facing the prospect of a bust-up, even as scientists warn against the mounting threat of disaster-provoking storms, droughts, flood and rising seas made worse by global warming.

The 12-day Durban conference is eyeing a deal which secures the future of the Kyoto Protocol, set to be cast into limbo just a year from now.

It also would seek to coax China, the United States, India and Brazil into a new treaty on emissions curbs.

At the heart of the manoeuvring is the future of Kyoto, which stipulates legally-binding targeted curbs in greenhouse gases for rich countries. Read the full report here.

Source: Niren Tolsi and AFP Durban, South Africa, Mail & Guardian.