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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Adam Vaughan

Live web chat: Chris Huhne on the Cancún climate talks

Chris Huhne, Energy and Climate change secretary
Chris Huhne, Energy and Climate change secretary during an interview at the Guardian offices, June 23, 2010 Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian

193 countries meet in Cancún today for a fortnight of negotiations, late-night sessions and wrangling in a bid to inch closer to an international deal on climate change.

Flying in on the second week with other environment ministers will be Chris Huhne, the UK's energy and climate secretary. To chat about the UN climate talks and global efforts to tackle climate change, he'll be joining us here tomorrow (Tuesday 30 November) from 11.45am-12.30pm.

Just this week Huhne downplayed expectations of a significant breakthrough at Cancún, warning:

We are not expecting a final agreement. The objective is to reinvigorate the talks. Success means getting the world to within shouting distance of a deal, keeping the show on the road and making practical progress on areas like forestry, finance and reduction commitments.

Please post your questions for Huhne below. Want to know what the UK and European stance will be? What his long-term hopes are for an international agreement to suceed the Kyoto protocol? Interested in how he thinks Cancún will compare to the hugely hyped but utlimately disappointing Coppenahgen summit last year?

Note that questions not about the climate talks will be marked off-topic.

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