Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 49

5-Dec-2011

QATAR

Qatar To Host 2012 UN Climate Talks

Qatar was selected on 29 November as the host of the next United Nations (UN) climate change meeting, after edging out a rival bid from South Korea, the UNs top climate official said. The announcement was made as this years meeting was being opened in Durban, where delegates gathered for two weeks of talks aimed at agreeing on a successor to the current commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol,...