02.05.10: Chancellor Angela Merkel, Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen (l.) arriving at the Petersberg. Together they aim to forge ahead with the negotiations for a new climate protection agreement.
02.05.10: "Poverty reduction and climate protection can go hand in hand," stressed Angela Merkel in her opening speech.
02.05.10: Ministers from about 45 states met at the Petersberg near Bonn to prepare for the Climate Change Conference to be held at the end of the year in Mexico. It is hoped that this COP 16 will at last produce the long-awaited agreement.
02.05.10: "Everybody must do the best they can," said Felipe Calderón in his opening speech, "but the developing countries too must accept responsibility“.
Germany will continue to work on a new international climate protection agreement, and will stick to the two degree target.
02.05.10: First-hand information: Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen speaks to journalists after the first working session of the day.
03.05.10: On the sidelines of the conference, Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen talks to the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer.
03.05.10: Where do we go from here after the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference? Delegates discuss the situation in the lobby of the Hotel Petersberg during a break.
06 03.05.10: At the start of the second day of the conference, Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen discusses the latest reports with the Press Officer Christine Schwarte.
Federal Environment Minister Norbert Röttgen
Conference
Chancellor Angela Merkel's opening speech
Good prospects for the international dialogue