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Article: The first Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being staged in Berlin
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- Europe Energy
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- April 7, 1995
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Summary: The first Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is being staged in Berlin from March 28 until April 7 to put the commitments made in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 in concrete form, including those regarding stabilisation of greenhouse gas emissions. More than 1,000 delegates from 129 countries have been meeting since March 28 under UN auspices to develop a protocol aimed at reducing emissions of CO2 after the year 2000. The Conference was drawing to a close as Europe Energy went to press on April 6.
The European Union's main goal will be to confirm its leadership in the reduction of so-called "greenhouse" gasses. ...