COP-6 collapse or 'to be continued...?'

The Sixth Conference of Parties on climate change was suspended in November 2000 in The Hague without reaching agreement. This report looks briefly at the evidence for climate change, discusses the negotiations at The Hague a nd the reasons for me collapse of this 'make or break' meeting, but emphasi zes that the breakdown does not mean an end to climate negotiations. The au thor discusses the negotiations immediately after The Hague and the very se rious political problems that need to be overcome if the next meeting of th e Parties in May zool is to be successful. Finally, the report draws attent ion to four articles to appear in the April 2001 issue of International Aff airs that will analyse in depth the. politics at COP-6, the Implications of its collapse and the revived talks.