23.3. BALI MEET:

♤ Bali Meet was the meeting of 190 countries that are party to a UN treaty on climate change held in December 2007.

Objectives:

♤ The treaty’s aim was to push the world towards taking action that reduces the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere which cause climate change.

♤ Bali was to discuss what happens after 2012—what are countries expected to do after the first phase of Kyoto ends in 2012.

♤ As per developed countries, after 2012, even the developing countries like India and China, which are increasing their emissions as they grow economically, also undertake some kind of emission cuts. This meant a complete overhaul of the existing UN treaty.

♤ In Bali, the nations have decided upon a new set of principles that will, help the countries decide a post- 2012 deal.