After COP15, the Way Forward

“Climate change is too serious an issue to get lost in confusion”.

 A South Centre Bulletin:

 “On the 19th of 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’”

The South Centre (an intergovernmental policy think tank of developing countries) have released this useful analysis of the outcomes at Copenhagen. In the report they explore what went wrong in Denmark, what the messy outcome of the summit means for the future of the UNFCCC and how negotiators from developing countries will play key roles when the UNFCCC working groups meet again. But crucially this report asks the question, what is the way forward? How can a continuation of talks best lead us to a successful and legally binding agreement in 2010?

Click here to download a pdf version of the report.

Attachments: 

South bulletin final 43 on copen.pdf