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On 10 December 2005 Margaret Beckett, UK Environment Secretary, announced the successful outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal. Speaking at the end of all night talks in Montreal, Mrs Beckett, who led the EU delegation, said that the whole global community including the United States, India and China, have agreed to work together through the United Nations process to examine the way forward.
'The European Union came determined to meet the three challenges set – to implement the Kyoto Protocol, to improve the Clean Development Mechanism and to be innovative about the future.
'This conference has achieved these challenges by:
The press summary can be viewed on the Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) website.