The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar, prompted significant steps in the right direction by forging a consensus on a second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol—from 2013 to 2020. Efforts are ongoing to strengthen national mitigation efforts under the Climate Change Convention and its Kyoto Protocol. The goal is to complete these negotiations by 2015 and begin implementation in 2020, thereby taking decisive steps towards averting irreversible changes in the global climate system.