PHM-Exch> Copenhagen Accord Yields Poor Mitigation Pledge Result

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: South Centre south at southcentre.org


SouthNews
No.4, 12 February 2010
SOUTHNEWS is a service of the South Centre to provide news on topical issues
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Copenhagen Accord Yields Poor Results in Mitigation Pledges
 By Martin Khor

Only 2 of 10 developed countries’ pledges are sufficient to meet the 2
degrees target, and the current pledges lead the world to disastrous global
warming of over 3 degrees.

On 19 December, the Copenhagen Climate Conference ended in disarray.  A
Copenhagen Accord arising from an exclusive meeting of 26 political leaders
was not adopted by the UN Convention on Climate Change, but only “taken note
of.”

Since then, there has been a campaign, including by the Danish Prime
Minister and the UN Secretary General to get countries to “associate”
themselves with the Accord.

The deadline was 31 January, the date mentioned in the Accord for developed
countries to fill up their national emission reduction commitments in
Appendix I while developing countries were asked to submit their mitigation
actions to fill up an Appendix II.

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*The article above was published in the South Bulletin Issue No. 43 dated 8
Feb. 2010. *

*You can access it at:
http://www.southcentre.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1234&Itemid=287
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