The last conference of the Parties that took place in Durban in 2011 has put climate negotiations at the crossroads again. The decisions taken at Cancun in 2010 supported a bottom-up approach where countries agreed to take on voluntary emission reduction commitments that were not legally binding. This, along with low expectations for the survival of the Kyoto Protocol post-2012 cast serious doubts on the continued role of UNFCCC and the future of a topdown, multilateral approach in climate negotiations.