Trevor Sargent
Ceist:341 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the action he will demand at the Bonn climate change conference in July 2001. [19989/01]
Written Answers. - Environmental Policy.
The EU considers the Kyoto Protocol to be the only international instrument and political basis for combating climate change. In this context, the EU continues to undertake intensive international consultations in the lead up to the resumption of negotiations at the 6th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn in July 2001. The overall EU aim will be to achieve a comprehensive outcome in the resumed negotiations, which will enable sufficient parties to ratify the protocol in time for entry into force by 2002, while ensuring the environmental integrity of the protocol. Ireland continues to participate constructively in the international negotiations as part of the overall EU position.