The 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference was the 18th yearly session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 8th session of the Meeting of the Parties (CMP) to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (the protocol having been developed under the UNFCCC's charter).

The conferences are attended by dignitaries and sometimes heads of state from most countries and generally draw significant activity by various environmental advocacy groups.

The Conference produced a package of documents collectively titled The Doha Climate Gateway over objections from Russia and other countries at the session.

[13] Kieren Keke, Foreign Minister of Nauru and the representative of the Alliance of Small Island States at the conference,[14] was quoted by the BBC as saying, "We see the package before us as deeply deficient in mitigation (carbon cuts) and finance.

It's likely to lock us on the trajectory to a 3, 4, 5 °C rise in global temperatures, even though we agreed to keep the global average temperature rise of 1.5 °C to ensure the survival of all islands,"[12]Others like Martin Khor of the South Center, an association of developing nations saw a more positive outcome, specifically regarding the Loss and Damage Mechanism: "It is a breakthrough...The term Loss and Damage is in the text — this is a huge step in principle.

"[16]The overall umbrella and processes of the UNFCCC and the adopted Kyoto Protocol have been criticized by some as not having achieved its stated goals of reducing the emission of carbon dioxide (the primary culprit blamed for rising global temperatures of the 21st century).

Christiana Figueres, the UNFCCC executive secretary: "The necessary technology and policy tools are available to governments and societies, but time is very short — only 36 months to reach a universal agreement before 2015.

When it thaws, it could push global warming past one of the key "tipping points" that scientists believe could lead to runaway climate change.

[23] World Bank published a report in November 2012 demanding the moral responsibility to take action on behalf of future generations.

That scale would result in droughts, floods, heatwaves and fiercer storms, decline agricultural productivity, bring plant and animal extinctions, and wide human migration.

Youth in more than 13 Arab countries, launch the Arab Youth Climate Movement, a group established to lobby the region's governments on an ongoing basis to take action against climate change: "It's basically our role as civil society to make sure that the government is doing its best to provide us with the best quality of life and it's our right as human beings to ensure a healthy future for us and generations to come.

[28] "An open letter to governments and their negotiators" posted on Friends of the Earth International's website stated, "To really address climate change UNFCCC-COP18 should decide to leave under the soil more than 2/3 of the fossil reserves.

Others are providing decisive economic benefits to nuclear, oil and gas installations by legislation socialising the costs of accidents and of decommissioning.

Although the campaign raised awareness of global warning in Germany and some German speaking parts of France and even 4 TV stations reported about it, some observers doubt whether it would convince enough politicians to "do what it takes to make it happen".