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The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, brings
together representatives of over 180 countries together with observers
from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and the
media. The two week period includes the sessions of the Conference
of the Parties to the UNFCCC, its subsidiary bodies as well as the
Meeting of the Parties of the Kyoto Protocol. A ministerial segment
in the second week will conclude the Conference.
What is needed is a breakthrough in the form of a roadmap for a
future international agreement on enhanced global action to fight
climate change in the period after 2012, the year the first commitment
period of the Kyoto Protocol expires. The main goal of the Bali
Conference is threefold: to launch negotiations on a climate change
deal for the post-2012 period, to set the agenda for these negotiations
and to reach agreement on when these negotiations will have to be
concluded.
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