2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference

The UN Climate Change Conference in Doha was held from November 26 to December 8, 2012 in Doha, the capital of the Arab emirate Qatar held. It was the 18th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC (United Nations COP 18), while the eighth meeting of the Kyoto Protocol ( CMP 8). It should be used, among other things the further design of a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

The Kyoto Protocol had already been extended to the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban in 2011 with a second commitment period from 1 January 2013. The duration of the second commitment period ( either end of 2017 or until the end of 2020 ) and the reduction contributions of developed countries involved should be decided at this conference in Doha.

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Since the conference was convened in the State produce its residents per capita the most CO2, criticism had been practiced in advance. To set an example, the government of Qatar announced on December 1 that will with the production of solar cells in Ras Laffan, north of Doha, begun as early as next year. The contract for the approximately one billion U.S. dollars ( 798 million euros ) expensive factory was signed on May 29, 2012.

Pressed by host Qatar was agreed on December 8, 2012 - one day after the scheduled end of the conference - on the Kyoto Protocol ( "Kyoto II" ) to extend until 2020. In a controversial voting procedure Climate Summit President Abdullah the compromise proposals called bin Hamad Al -Attiyah at the end of the conference individually in quick succession and declared it in the absence of contradiction adopted. Thus, a failure of the summit was prevented. At the second commitment period are Australia, the 27 EU countries and other European States, who are responsible for about 11-13 % of global CO2 emissions - Russia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand announced their resignation.

Also a roadmap for an internationally binding agreement on climate change from 2020 was adopted. By 2015, a new agreement to be negotiated, which includes long-term all countries in a climate protection agreement. The financing of the Green Climate Fund failed. However, could be confirmed in the spring of 2012 established temporary headquarters of the Green Climate Fund in Songdo, Incheon, South Korea. The negotiations on a global climate treaty to be continued in Poland at the UN Climate Change Conference in Warsaw from 11 to 19 or November 22, 2013. During the year, numerous preparatory meetings are also planned in Bonn, close to the UNFCCC Secretariat.

German media described the result as a "mini- compromise".