Finally , he committed to establishing a high-level panel on development and climate change to ensure that the negotiations encompass the full context of climate change and development both substantially and institutionally ( DPI , 2009 ) . Worth noting is the fact that the Conference of Parties ( COP ) and the Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties ( COP/MOP ) agreed to extend the mandate of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention ( AWG-LCA ) and the Ad hoc Working Group under the Kyoto Protocol ( AWG-KP ) for another year . While it is heartening to developing countries that the negotiations will continue in two separate tracks , no decision was taken on when and where the negotiations would continue .