The Wire

Today marks the official opening of one of the most significant meetings on climate change since the negotiations of the Kyoto Protocol back in 1997. The two-week United Nations conference on climate change in Bali will bring together over 190 nations from around the world to discuss a framework beyond 2012. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol has put Australia in good stead for the summit, but has left the United States open to criticism. Earlier, The Wire asked Professor Barry Brook, the director of the Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability at the University of Adelaide, about the significance of this meeting in prompting realistic global action against climate change.