京都議定書第一承諾期即將在2012年底到期，國際社會已警覺到必須有一個新的協議，而草擬準備新協議所剩的時間已越來越短，於是，聯合國新一回合氣候變遷會議於3月31日在曼谷開始啟動。
聯合國氣候變化綱要公約（UN Framework Convention on Climate Change）秘書長德布爾（Yvo de Boer）指出，自從上一次在巴里島舉行聯合國氣候大會後，時間又過了3個月，上次會議對未來氣候變遷處理時間表及主要項目已獲共識。
德布爾表示，2009年底在哥本哈根舉行氣候會議之前，未來的新協議書就必須準備周全。這個協議書將要包括一個共同的長期願景，也要包括在氣候緩解、適應、技術及財務方面所要增加的行動。
這位負責聯合國氣候變遷事務的高級官員表示：「我們只剩下大約一年半的時間，來完成這個前所未見又最複雜的國際協議之一，這個時間表非常緊迫，但是如果能把工作分割成可分工處理的小區塊，並加以進行，我有信心一定能夠完成它。」
這次曼谷會議的目的，是希望可安排促使達成協議的工作計畫表，確認要完成各項工作所要面對的議題，以及提出的順序。
泰國副總理邦帝庫（Sahas Bunditkul）告訴各國代表，會議中將需協商一個「具有吸引力的配套計畫」，使各國政府都會加以支持。
根據德布爾表示，大家所面對的挑戰是設計一個可以暫緩未來10-15年全球溫室氣體排放的協議，並在2050年前急劇地減少排放量，而所採用的方法要在經濟上可行，並對全球各地都能在政治上達到公平性。已經沒有時間可以浪費了，因為氣候發出的警訊已經影響全球各地。
聯合國亞太經濟與社會委員會（UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific）秘書長海澤（Noeleen Heyzer）也表示：「對亞太地區而言，氣候變遷已經不再是一個遙遠的威脅，它是擺在眼前的事實與徵兆。對我們許多太平洋島嶼邦國而言，它是一個攸關生存與滅絕，且是一個逐漸逼近的問題。」
With warnings that time is short to write a successor agreement that will take effect when the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol expires at the end of 2012, the next round of United Nations climate change talks got underway Monday in Bangkok.
Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, pointed out that three months has already elapsed since the previous UN climate talks in Bali where the time-line and the main elements of a future climate change deal were agreed.
De Boer said a future agreement must be ready well before the Copenhagen climate conference at the end of 2009. It will include a shared long-term vision and enhanced action on climate mitigation, adaptation, technology and finance.
"This leaves us with around one and a half years - a very short time-frame within which to complete negotiations on one of the most complex international agreements that history has ever seen," said the UN's top climate change official. "But I am confident that it can be done if the work is broken down into manageable, bite-sized chunks."
The Bangkok meeting is designed to map out a work program that will lead to that agreement, identifying issues where work needs to be done and in what order they should be addressed.
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand Sahas Bunditkul told the delegates that there is a need to negotiate "an attractive package" that all governments can support.
According to de Boer, the challenge is to design a future agreement that will halt the increase in global emissions within the next 10 to 15 years, dramatically cut back emissions by 2050, and do so in a way that is economically viable and politically equitable worldwide.
There is no time to waste as the warming climate is already affecting many parts of the world.
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