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29 November 2005 - The United Nations Climate Change Conference began yesterday in Montreal with strong calls for action from the conference's President, Canadian Environment Minister, Stephane Dion, and the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat.
President Dion said: "It has become clear that there is a growing sense of the need for action. Individual citizens and their governments have underlined their concerns about rising energy prices, energy security, and the growing scientific evidence of the impact of climate change."
Richard Kinley, acting head of the UN Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn, Germany, called on governments to give the 1997 Kyoto Protocol the necessary backing to generate more investment in climate-friendly technology.
"The launch of the carbon market has provided effective incentive to the private sector and governments at all levels to reduce their environmental footprint," said Kinley. "The Montreal conference will help solidify those opportunities."
Alluding to the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in February 2005 he said. "It is a pleasure to celebrate the fact that the Protocol is up and running. What we will now do in Montreal is to formally adopt the decisions contained in the Marrakech accords, the Protocol's rule book, after many years of hard work."
The opening marked the first ever meeting of the 157 Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. At the same time, it was the opening of the 11th Conference of the 189 Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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