U.N. climate chief looks for Bali breakthrough

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http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSN1938854720071020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Global warming talks in Bali in December need to make a breakthrough or international efforts to limit greenhouse gases could be in "deep trouble," the top U.N. climate official said on Friday.

"If we're not on the eve of a breakthrough in Bali, we can spend the next six years waiting for the next report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, public interest will slip away and we will be in deep trouble," said Yvo de Boer, who heads the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

De Boer said the U.N. Bali gathering needed to do four things to start negotiations for a way to curb climate-warming gases after the current accord, the Kyoto Protocol, expires in 2012.

The meeting must agree to launch negotiations, determine the areas of discussion, decide on a deadline and create a mechanism for the negotiations, de Boer said, .

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1. Kyoto Treaty numerical limits have not yet taken effect

Kyoto Treaty numerical limits take
effect in Jan. of next year.

Canada, the EU, Japan and others
have promised to reduce their emissions by
billions of tons.

We need to see the Treaty in action,
before rushing off