NGO's slam climate talks' resolutions - Times LIVE

Reacting to these resolutions, Friends of the Earth International climate justice co-ordinator Sarah-Jayne Clifton said the resolution of the talks indicated that ordinary people had been let down by their governments.

"The noise of corporate polluters has drowned out the voices of ordinary people in the ears of our leaders," Clifton said.

Naidoo criticised the agreement reached at the talks which stipulated that the next deal on climate change matters need only be implemented in 2020.

"Right now the global climate regime amounts to nothing more than a voluntary deal that’s put off for a decade.

...Christian Aid spokesman Mohamed Adow also said the delay in implementation was unacceptable.

..."It is a disastrous, profoundly distressing outcome - the worst I have ever seen from such a process."

He said the Kyoto protocol now existed "in name only".