Qatar is a bidder for hosting the 2012 United Nations climate summit. The Arab League Economic Affairs Committee has unanimously given the go-ahead to Qatar to bid for the 18th Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

South Korea is another country in the fray. The South Korean delegation had announced its decision to bid for the 2012 convention on the sidelines of the recently concluded Copenhagen summit.

The 17th conference of the UN convention scheduled to be held in Mexico in December 2010 will discuss the bids of Qatar and South Korea. [Read More]