194 delegates representing their countries gathered in Doha, Qatar from the 26th November to 8th December 2012 to work on an ambitious, legally binding and fair global deal on the climate. It was the United Nations Climate Change Conference. This was the first time that a UN Climate Change Conference was ever held in the Middle East. The Conference in itself drew roughly 9,000 participants; 4,356 of the 9,000 being government officials, 3,956 representatives of UN bodies, agencies, intergovernmental organisations and civil society organisations, 683 members of the media. The main focus for this conference was to make sure that what was discussed and agreed upon in previous conferences was implemented.
What happened at the conference?
The package of “Doha Climate Gateway” decisions were adopted included amendments to the K
yoto Protocol to establish its second commitment period. Having been launched at CMP 1 in 2005, the AWG-KP terminated its work in Doha. The parties also agreed to terminate the AWG-LCA and negotiations under the Bali Action Plan. Key elements of the outcome also included agreement to consider loss and damage, “such as” institutional mechanism to address loss and damage in developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
Smaller countries felt that this opportunity wasn't taken to really make a difference however that a path was paved for a better future. Countries agreed and signed a legally binding contract to the K Yoto Protocol for them to support the smaller countries against climate change.
The larger countries such as America would pay the smaller countries for the amount of global warming they create i.e if America create a lot of problems for the earth then they'd have to pay the smaller countries money to hep them
