The dynamics of climate change

Durban Platform will reframe the debate on global warming, but to ensure that developing nations must continue to push on equity

There is wide agreement that the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), agreed in 1992, needs to be reviewed. Perspectives differ on what needs to be changed, both in terms of the nature of problems and the possible solutions.

The events at the climate change conference in Durban reflect this continuing divide, which has only been papered over. The underlying tensions will continue into the negotiations for an "agreed outcome with legal force".