Cancun

CANCUN - FEBRUARY 27: A Mexican presidential security guard (R) guides a police dog through examination of a cameraman's equipment at a hotel in Cancun, Mexico, where the World Economic Forum meeting is taking place, 27 February 2001. Security for the meeting was beefed up after about 200 demonstrators protesting a global economy descended on the town.

A boat sails in a lagoon in Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on November 28, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

A journalist looks for information at Brazil's stand at Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

A man walks in front of the main entrance of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

Kelda Miller of the United States protests with a national flag in front of the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, to demand her country for better solutions regarding climate change, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Members of the International Youth line up in an alley where delegates pass by towards the UN convention, showing their solidarity for the critical and limited role the UN has allowed them in climate talks, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

A member of International Youth holds a banner asking Japan to keep in the Kyoto Protocol, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Kelda Miller of the United States protests with a national flag in front of the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, to demand her country for better solutions regarding climate change, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Members of the International Youth line up in an alley where delegates pass by towards the UN convention, showing their solidarity for the critical and limited role the UN has allowed them in climate talks, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

A man walks in front of the main entrance of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

Members of different enviromental organizations take part in a demonstration demanding Japan to keep in the Kyoto Protocol, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Kelda Miller of the United States protests with a national flag in front of the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, to demand her country for better solutions regarding climate change, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Members of the International Youth line up in an alley where delegates pass by towards the UN convention, showing their solidarity for the critical and limited role the UN has allowed them in climate talks, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Kelda Miller of the United States protests with a national flag in front of the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, to demand her country for better solutions regarding climate change, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Kelda Miller of the United States protests with a national flag in front of the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, to demand her country for better solutions regarding climate change, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

A soldier of the Mexican Army guards the entrance of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

Members of the International Youth line up in an alley where delegates pass by towards the UN convention, showing their solidarity for the critical and limited role the UN has allowed them in climate talks, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

A local vendor offers his hammokcs at Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

Members of the International Youth line up in an alley where delegates pass by towards the UN convention, showing their solidarity for the critical and limited role the UN has allowed them in climate talks, inside the Cancun Meese convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, on December 2, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

A man walks in front of the main entrance of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

Kelda Miller of the United States protests with a national flag in front of the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico on December 2, 2010, to demand her country for better solutions regarding climate change, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Bickering over the fate of the Kyoto Protocol cast a cloud over talks on future climate action, with Japan putting its foot down and refusing to extend the treaty named for its ancient capital.

EU commissioner for Climate Action Connie Hedegaard speaks on the subject of the Climate negotiations COP16 being held in Cancun, during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on November 29, 2010. The United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Cancun, Mexico, from November 29- December 10, 2010.

Jonathan Pershing, Director of the Climate, Energy and Pollution Program at the World Resources Institute, speaks in a press conference during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), on November 29, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico in the framework of the UN Climate Change summit. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

A security officer guards a carpet with the logotype of the COP16 meeting made with coloured sand, at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, on December 4, 2010 in the framework of the COP16 summit. UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

An environmental activist carries a banner with a portrait of late South Korean farmer Lee Kyung-Hae -- who opposed globalization and stabbed himself in front of the cameras during the 2003 WTO conference also in Cancun -- during a march in Cancun, Mexico, on December 5, 2010, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16). The November 29 to December 10 summit aims to advance efforts towards a post-2012 climate treaty after the near-disaster of the December 2009 Copenhagen summit.

UN General Secertary Ban Ki-Moon speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP16 United Nations Climate Change conference on December 7, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. Ban called the world's efforts to contain climate change 'insufficient' and urged countries meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to come up with a 'breakthrough.'

UN General Secertary Ban Ki-Moon and Mexican President Felipe Calderon attend the opening ceremony of the COP16 United Nations Climate Change conference on December 7, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. Ban called the world's efforts to contain climate change 'insufficient' and urged countries meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to come up with a 'breakthrough.'

An activist takes part in a march called by the NGO Via Campesina which gathers peasants from around the world, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the streets of Cancun, Mexico, on December 7, 2010. Thousands of activists and Mexican peasants, holding rainbow flags and playing drums and flutes, marched from central Cancun en route to the luxury hotel where talks were underway, many of them to reject the REDD deal.

An activist writes slogans on the front window of a fast food restaurant during a march called by the NGO Via Campesina which gathers peasants from around the world, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the streets of Cancun, Mexico, on December 7, 2010. Thousands of activists and Mexican peasants, holding rainbow flags and playing drums and flutes, marched from central Cancun en route to the luxury hotel where talks were underway, many of them to reject the REDD deal.

Activists take part in a march called by the NGO Via Campesina which gathers peasants from around the world, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the streets of Cancun, Mexico, on December 7, 2010. Thousands of activists and Mexican peasants, holding rainbow flags and playing drums and flutes, marched from central Cancun en route to the luxury hotel where talks were underway, many of them to reject the REDD deal.

A boy holds a poster with an image of Swiss theologian Hans Kung in a throughway of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 8, 2010, with the motto: Stop talking, Start Planting and calling for participation, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

A boy holds a poster with an image of Swiss theologian Hans Kung in a throughway of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 8, 2010, with the motto: Stop talking, Start Planting and calling for participation, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

A boy holds a poster with an image of Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein of Jordan, in a throughway of the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 8, 2010, with the motto: Stop talking, Start Planting and calling for participation, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, speaks during the conference 'Energy Efficiency in the post-2012 Framework: Taking the Opportunity Forward', at the Cancun Messe Convention Center, in Cancun, Mexico, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), on December 8, 2010.

A soldier stands guard close to a sign calling for Vegan nutrition as a solution to global warming posted by followers of the Supreme Master Chin Hai, close to the Cancun Meese Convention Center on December 10, 2010, during the closing day of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16) held in Cancun, Mexico.

Members of Mexican Federal Police stand guard on Kukulkan avenue in Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on November 24, 2010. Representatives from 194 countries are to meet in the Mexican resort city of Cancun from November 29 to December 10 in a UN climate summit.

People walk by a screen at the main entrance of the Cancun Convention Center during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun, on November 30, 2010. Negotiators got down to the nitty-gritty on the second day of the world climate talks on Tuesday, grappling for a breakthrough on half a dozen issues that will revive the battered UN process.

Typical Mexican skeleton figures adorn a stand of Mexican goods in the Cancun Meese Convention Center on November 30, 2010 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. Negotiators got down to the nitty-gritty on the second day of the world climate talks on Tuesday, grappling for a breakthrough on half a dozen issues that will revive the battered UN process.

Members of a conservationist NGO mount their banners at the Cancun Meese Convention Center on November 30, 2010 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the Mexican seaside resort of Cancun, on November 30, 2010. Negotiators got down to the nitty-gritty on the second day of the world climate talks on Tuesday, grappling for a breakthrough on half a dozen issues that will revive the battered UN process.

Attendants use an Earth viewer set up at a stand in the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico, on November 30, 2010 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16). Negotiators got down to the nitty-gritty on the second day of the world climate talks on Tuesday, grappling for a breakthrough on half a dozen issues that will revive the battered UN process.

Attendants use an Earth viewer set up at a stand in the Cancun Meese Convention Center in Cancun, Mexico, on November 30, 2010 during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16). Negotiators got down to the nitty-gritty on the second day of the world climate talks on Tuesday, grappling for a breakthrough on half a dozen issues that will revive the battered UN process.

A member of the Huchol ethnic group offeres his products at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, on December 4, 2010 in the framework of the COP16 summit. UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

A man visits a stand at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, on December 4, 2010 in the framework of the COP16 summit. UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

Visitors look for information about global warming in a stand of a computing company at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, on December 4, 2010 in the framework of the COP16 summit. UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

A girl looks at global warming banners during an exhibition at the Climate Village in Cancun, Mexico, on December 4, 2010 in the framework of the COP16 summit. UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

A visitor is pictured next to a screen showing a counter constantly updating the greenhouse gases in the Earth�s atmosphere during sideline activities of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), at the Business Action for Climate venue in Cancun, Mexico on December 4, 2010. UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

A man walks past a bus with a graffiti during the inauguration of the Global Forum for Life, Environmental and Social Justice in Cancun on December 4, 2010, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16). UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

Members of the ONG Via Campesina participate in the inauguration of the Global Forum for Life, Environmental and Social Justice in Cancun on December 4, 2010, during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16). UN climate talks in Cancun ran into a storm Friday as a deepening split emerged over the future of the carbon-cutting Kyoto Protocol.

An activist takes part in a march called by the NGO Via Campesina which gathers peasants from around the world, in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-16), in the streets of Cancun, Mexico, on December 7, 2010. Thousands of activists and Mexican peasants, holding rainbow flags and playing drums and flutes, marched from central Cancun en route to the luxury hotel where talks were underway, many of them to reject the REDD deal.

UN General Secertary Ban KI-Moon (L) speaks during the opening ceremony of the COP16 United Nations Climate Change conference on December 7, 2010 in Cancun, Mexico. Ban called the world's efforts to contain climate change 'insufficient' and urged countries meeting in Cancun, Mexico, to come up with a 'breakthrough.'