Durban deal is only the start, says ACT Alliance

ACT Alliance welcomes the hard-fought victory championed by the EU, small island states and the least developed countries in the waning hours of the UN climate conference in Durban, where governments of the world’s largest polluters finally signed onto an agreement about how to tackle climate change.

For the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, however, the agreement proves largely disappointing, says ACT Alliance. Indeed, the global agreement will not take effect until 2020 – a date that will be too late for many.