A new round of global climate talks kicked off in Bonn, Germany Monday, attracting some 2,000 delegates from 162 countries and dozens of specialist agencies.
The talks, which will last for two weeks, will focus on the details of a new global agreement meant to take effect after 2012.
Yvo de Boer, the UN top climate change official said "the real work is now only beginning."
Delegates will begin discussions on issues of helping developing countries adapt to anticipated changes in their climate, of transferring new technologies to control carbon emissions as they develop their economies, and of raising trillions of dollars over the next decades to curb climate change.
"It's unlikely we are going to make lots of progress this year because we need strong signals from the U.S., and that's not going to happen until the election," said Ian Fry from the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu.
"We don't expect a breakthrough (in Bonn), of course. We have along road ahead of us," said Andrej Kranjc, the European Union chief delegate.
He cautioned against moving too fast. "Things are not ripe."
The meeting builds on a landmark accord reached last December in the Indonesian island of Bali. Its signatories agreed to conclude a new climate change treaty by December 2009.
Source:Xinhua
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