COP4—Buenos Aires Climate Conference

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So, following the Kyoto Protocol, the next round of talks, (November 2 - November 13, 1998) were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina for the Fourth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-4) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

There are many issues that still need to be discussed, epecially on the trading of Carbon emissions and equity¹ between the rich and developing nations. The politics and self interest that was at work at the Kyoto Conference was feared to manifest itself this time² round. Even though the talks have now ended with some hailing it as a success, others criticize³ it for not having clear cut deadlines etc.

© Centre for Science and Environment⁴,
Climate Change Dossiers⁵

To start off, here are some major links to information and coverage on this conference:

• The COP-4 Home Page: http://www.cop4.org/home.html⁶ from the UNFCCC⁷ is a web site for the conference which would probably be the first port of call. Some interesting sections include the following:
  • An excellent beginners guide⁸ to the conference.
  • Real Audio live broadcasts and footage⁹ of the conference.
  • Note that there is a European mirror site¹⁰ to the COP-4 Home Page.
  
  
• CSE¹¹ (The Centre for Science and Environment) maintain a great section¹² that looks at the politics and general issues that may affect this conference.
  
  
• Friends of the Earth¹³ have a news update¹⁴ section for Climate Change issues that will summarize each day of this conference and may be of interest.
  
  
• OneWorld's Dispatch on Buenos Aires¹⁵ provides many links.

Where next?

Online Sources:

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1. http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp339.htm
2. http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/oct98/03_28_005.html
3. http://www.planetark.org/new/news/17119805.html
4. http://www.cseindia.org/
5. http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp337.htm
6. http://www.cop4.org/home.html
7. http://www.unfccc.de/
8. http://www.cop4.org/conv/beginner.html
9. http://ckp.cop4.org/
10. http://cop4.unfccc.de/home.html
11. http://www.cseindia.org/
12. http://www.cseindia.org/html/cmp/cmp337.htm
13. http://www.foe.co.uk/
14. http://www.foe.co.uk/climatechange/news.html
15. http://www.oneworld.org/dispatches/climate/