Results of the Durban Meetings

After Durban:  Climate Activists Forget Corporate Power

"The talks ended in the early morning hours on Sunday with an extension of the Kyoto Protocol and a two-page agreement (called the "Durban Platform") to make another agreement by 2015, next time "with legal force."  But the negotiations produced no binding commitments from the participating nations substantive enough to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, a threshold that was once considered "safe," thought new research suggests even that such warming poses serious environmental and economic danger.  Still, many major press outlets proclaimed the "Durban platform" a success, because it was, perhaps, better than not having an agreement at all."  Madeline Osrander, YES magazine

This would explain the dynamic response of UN Youth to the Durban delegates.  (Dec 15 Blog.)