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NUSA DUA, Indonesia - Ties and jackets are out and casual clothes are in, to save on air conditioning at this week's global climate change summit in steamy Bali, a UN spokesman said Sunday.
"The dress code is to be relaxed, not to wear tie or jacket," said John Hay, spokesman for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat.
In a note on its website, the UNFCCC hoped that the dress code "will allow participants to conduct discussions in a more comfortable environment, as well as limit the use of air conditioning and thereby reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Yvo De Boer, the body's executive secretary, set the tone Sunday, appearing in a trademark Indonesian batik shirt aimed to weather local temperatures hovering around a humid 28 degrees Centigrade (82.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
Hosted by the United Nations, the December 3-14 Bali conference aims to draft a roadmap for negotiating cuts in heat-trapping carbon emissions from 2012, when current pledges under the Kyoto Protocol run out.
- AFP /ls
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