“The task is not easy, but it is achievable,” says UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres in her opening speech at COP16, basing her statement on past achievements, including the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.
Figueres notes “a number of politically charged issues” remain to be solved, including the need to continue the Kyoto Protocol and the importance of signalling a commitment to the private sector’s participation through the Kyoto
