Report by Grian

ASSESSMENT: Arguably, the Bali talks (Note1) represent a highly significant, and possibly historic, step forward in the international effort against climate change. Bali’s significance—at least as far as the majority of participants were concerned—is that the conference finally achieved (albeit only after a marathon 40-hour final negotiating session) in delivering on its most basic objective: An agreed workplan for an intensive 2-year period of negotiations aimed at finalising agreement on a coherent UN framework for global decarbonisation for the years beyond 2012, well before that date comes around.
The fact that Bali only partially provided some (limited and initial) evidence that the UN climate process is finally back on the rails necessitates the qualifier, at least for the time being, that the conference may only possibly come to be considered as historic at some time in the future. The outcome of the next two years of intensive negotiations will decide this.

Read full report: EENGO Bali report