The Kyoto Protocol is the only UN plan that obliges about 35 industrialized nations to cut carbon emissions by at least 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. It is due to expire by the end of 2012 without extension.
Abdullah bin Hamad al-Atiiyah, President of the Doha Conference, hailed the extension of the deal as a breakthrough.
"I called the result of this conference 'Doha Climate Gateway', and what I meant is the gateway to the future, gateway even beyond 2020. And this is what we show, the commitment to what the Doha conference - as we picked this theme to create a real gateway, so the whole world will value the result."
Head of Chinese delegation Xie Zhenhua said China was satisfied with the result but urged rich
