The negotiations underway in Bangkok on climate change are the most "constructive" that have taken place in two years, said today in Bangkok Yvo de Boer, the most senior climate official at the United Nations.
"This is the first time in two years that we have seen this type of constructive debate on how to make concrete work" the future global agreement on global warming, said Mr. de Boer, in an interview with AFP, two month of the Copenhagen summit.
"I hope we can maintain this state of mind," added the executive secretary of the UN Climate Change Convention.
Delegates from over 180 countries have been meeting for ten days in the Thai capital to pave the way for a global agreement in December in Copenhagen (7 in 18 December) and thus give a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol.
However, warned Mr de Boer, ambitious targets from developed countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions remain the sine qua non of an agreement.
"In the end, if you don't have ambitious goals from the rich countries, and if you don't have a significant funding offer on the table, the whole edifice crumbles", said he explained.
"Without funding and without ambition, the very constructive discussion we are having here is useless," he insisted.
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