As biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation continue largely unabated, it is becoming critical to strengthen nature-based solutions in national climate strategies, including Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). With the upcoming COP15 of the UN Convention on …
An accusation that is being made post-Copenhagen is that the major developing countries, China in particular, blocked ambitious emission reduction targets that were offered by the advanced economies. But a dissection of the offers shows that a backloading of cuts and a refusal to specify near-term reductions would retain inequalities …
The Copenhagen Accord drawn up after the UN climate conference in December is only three pages long. What is left out is probably more important than what it contains. The so-called deal, which the governments only
The young activists at the site of climate negotiations were handcuffed and made to sit in rows that ran deep, on a wet, muddy field in freezing temperatures. The chant was meant for the international television crew present in great numbers. That was the exact mood among the international activists …
This paper provides a brief overview of the outcome of the UN conference and a discussion of the implications of decisions made there in respect to the transport sector, and how transport can play a more defining role in addressing climate change. The aim of this paper is to identify …
While only a limited number of Non-Annex I Parties have made submissions in response to the Copenhagen Accord, the proportion of these that included agriculture may be an indicator that agriculture is likely to become an important component of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in developing countries. It is not …
When parties and observers arrived in Copenhagen last December (2009), for two weeks of intense negotiations, it was already clear that no legally binding agreement was expected to be agreed upon, and there were many outstanding issues that required further work and negotiations. Nevertheless, a certain level of optimism surrounded …
The author who has been in the forefront of negotiations for climate change has given a first hand account of the negotiations at Copenhagen and what needs to be done now. He vividly brings out the thought process and the stands taken by various countries also highlighting the outcome of …
After the Copenhagen Climate Summit the world still needs a fair, ambitious and binding treaty to protect people and nature from runaway climate change. This paper identifies important next steps governments should take on a path towards agreeing such a treaty. First, it assesses the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate …
Brasilia: President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a law on Tuesday requiring that Brazil cut greenhouse gas emissions by 39% by 2020, meeting a commitment made at the Copenhagen climate change summit. Brazil announced at the summit a
By committing a 20% reduction in emission intensity while the west is only making negligible effort and aligning itself with China when our emissions are closer to Africa
In a new CEPS Commentary on the implications of the Copenhagen Accord on the EU, the authors are wondering why the outcome is seen so differently in the EU and the US and find very different expectations and perspectives on both sides of the Atlantic. This Commentary argues that the …
Though Non-Binding, Copenhagen Pact Will Be Template For 2010 Talks The blame game between countries on the Copenhagen climate accord reached fever-pitch on Thursday with US President Barack Obama hinting that China and India had been reluctant to engage in the final round of talks at the Danish capital. After …
Obama has cut the legs out from under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, in effect declaring that the US will do what it wants, but will not get further entangled in messy UN climate processes in 2010, says Jeffrey D Sachs TWO years of climate change negotiations have …
RAHUL BAJAJ| CHAIRMAN, BAJAJ AUTO We must work towards sustainable development AS JAIRAM RAMESH MENTIONED AT HIS press conference, he did not go to Copenhagen with the mandate to save the world or humanity. His mandate was to defend India
The two weeks of negotiations in Copenhagen (7-18 December 2009) have been full of twists and turns. The outcome of the first phase, when heads of delegations and Ministers had the leadership, is a set of draft decisions, heavily bracketed, and not recognized by all Parties
Acknowledgement By Minister As Oppn Blasts Hagen Deal In Parliament TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: In the face of a sharp attack from the opposition led by BJP, the government on Tuesday admitted that the Copenhagen climate accord provides for an alternative alignment to the Kyoto Protocol that developing nations …
