Copenhagen so far: Accord or babel?
Amid the unruly flow of the Copenhagen climate conference, it’s difficult to tell what progress has been made toward an accord. The prevailing view is that the meeting has bogged down in so much discord that a meaningful agreement isn’t likely.
The world’s wealthiest nations aren’t willing to cut their emissions enough to keep global temperatures from rising more than the key level of 2 degrees Centigrade during this century, while poor and developing countries remain committed to fossil-fuel-based growth that’s sure to increase their carbon emissions for decades to come. And the poor and developing countries are demanding aid from wealthy countries to help them deal with the effects of climate change and make the transition to the clean energy economy, but it’s far more aid than the wealthy countries are prepared to give.
It’s doubtful at this point that the conference will produce a legally binding treaty requiring deep cuts in greenhouse gases. That appeared unlikely before the conference began, however. The real question is whether a mix of smaller actions and the promise of continuing talks creates or halts momentum for combating climate change in the United States and China, first and foremost, and then in other countries.
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