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To Durban and beyond
Kyoto protocol
16 February 2005
International climate regime comes into force, seven years after adoption.
Copenhagen summit
December 2009
Wheels come off bid for legally binding global deal.
Cancún summit
November-December 2010
UN climate-change process is put back on the road, with parts of the Copenhagen Accord incorporated.
Durban summit
28 November-9 December 2011
Will the Kyoto protocol be extended?
Kyoto protocol
31 December 2012
Protocol expires – to be followed by what?
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