The Bali conference - A defining challenge for everyone

ELEVEN days of talking about reducing CO² emissions, involving 15,000 politicians and officials from 180 nations began in Bali yesterday.

Environment Minister John Gormley will fly to Bali for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change at the end of this week.

The conference opened on a good note with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announcing that his country would ratify the Kyoto Protocol.