In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 11th, 2011, the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties (CMP7) to the Kyoto Protocol held in Durban, South Africa, came to an end with several last minute outcomes. After the closing, governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and journalists