“…According to the ''Bali road map'', the developed countries are mandated to commit quantified GHG reduction targets, whilst developing countries managed to ''get away with'' only committing to non-mandatory general mitigation actions. On the other hand, much to the discontent of the environmental lobby (Shamsuddoha and Chowdhury, 2008;Athanasiou, 2008;CSE, 2008), the road map suggested no overall tangible post 2012 emission reduction targets but generally agreed on tackling emissions from deforestation, enhancing technology development and transfer, and on stimulating financial flows to fund all climate change-related action. However, one of the most significant outcomes from the conference and one of the toughest issues discussed at the meeting, included a consensus on new modalities of climate mitigation technology transfer to the developing countries.…”