After two weeks of talks in Bali, all 187 countries meeting at the UN summit have agreed to an agenda for talks dealing with the impending threat of global climate change.
The 'roadmap' contains a detailed schedule for talks on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to prepare for floods, and the financing and deployment of sustainable technologies.
This breakthrough came after the United States delegates dropped longstanding opposition to the agreement, saying that they would "join consensus".
According to the agreement the UN must meet and complete the negotiations complete by 2009.
UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said: "It was the compelling clarity of the science and the strength of the case for urgent action that has made this agreement possible".
The conference has already seen the attending nations organise the running of an adaptation fund, specifically to help prepare developing nations who will be worst hit by the effects of climate change.
The Environment Secretary added: "What we have achieved here has never been done before. Less than a year ago, many would have said this agreement was impossible. Now we must make it work, and in the next two years agree the detail of a comprehensive global climate deal that will take us beyond 2012."
The 'roadmap' contains a detailed schedule for talks on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to prepare for floods, and the financing and deployment of sustainable technologies.
This breakthrough came after the United States delegates dropped longstanding opposition to the agreement, saying that they would "join consensus".
According to the agreement the UN must meet and complete the negotiations complete by 2009.
UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said: "It was the compelling clarity of the science and the strength of the case for urgent action that has made this agreement possible".
The conference has already seen the attending nations organise the running of an adaptation fund, specifically to help prepare developing nations who will be worst hit by the effects of climate change.
The Environment Secretary added: "What we have achieved here has never been done before. Less than a year ago, many would have said this agreement was impossible. Now we must make it work, and in the next two years agree the detail of a comprehensive global climate deal that will take us beyond 2012."
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