Bangkok climate talks make concrete progress on key issues ahead of Doha
UNFCCC: A week of informal climate talks in Bangkok ended with concrete progress on key issues across all three negotiating groups, setting a firmer base for decisions that will be made at the UN Climate Change Conference this year, in Doha. At the 2011 UNFCCC conference, in Durban, South Africa, nations set specific objectives for their 2012 meeting in Doha, Qatar (26 November to 7 December). These include essential work to trigger a new phase of greater climate action and to take the next concrete steps to fill existing gaps in the international policy response to climate change. Progress in Bangkok in each of the three negotiating groups addressed these objectives. (Source: http://unfccc.int/files/press/press_releases_advisories/application/pdf/20120905_pr_awg-bkk_close.pdf)