The world can reach a significant new climate change pact by the end of 2009 if current talks keep up their momentum, the head of the United Nations climate panel said on Sunday.
The United Nations began negotiations on a sweeping new pact in March after governments agreed last year to work out a treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol by the end of next year.

The best news is that Bush
The best news is that Bush will be gone by then and will not be able to pull the US out of the talks like he did in 2001 when he said that it would hurt the economy.