Cancún outcomes


* Goal to keep global warming below 2 degrees centigrade. This was pledged at Copenhagen last year, but is now in a UN document for the first time.
* Review of climate goals in 2015 to assess whether a commitment to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees centigrade is needed.
* Green Climate Fund to be set up that will channel most climate money, with aim of securing total funds of $100 billion (€76bn) per year for developing countries by 2020,
* Deforestation: developing countries that protect forests to receive finance.
* Process to ensure transparent monitoring and reporting of emission-reduction pledges agreed.

 

To know more, read Cancún COP16 : Conclusions

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