Sergio Abranches
While the U.S. and the European Union embraced the Copenhagen Accord with no reserves, the BASIC countries said the Accord is not legal. The only legal instrument they accept is the Kyoto Protocol. Does it really matter if they adhere and record their quantitative voluntary actions? Is this an important divide between developed and emerging powers? More »
Those who were imagining the IPCC was rethinking its views on climate change after Rajendra Pachauri’s statements to the Press about the stolen e-mails didn’t get it quite right.
Sergio Abranches
Any deal in Copenhagen, no matter its level of detail, can only be a politically binding one. Would that really matter?
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President Obama said the Copenhagen deal should be comprehensive and effective, after his meeting with president Hu Jintao in China. His remarks raised some hopes that the Climate Summit in Denmark could still be saved, while others continue to say it will flop.
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Preliminary satellite data points to the smaller amount of logging since measurement began. But can it be sustained?
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With Barcelona just waiting for the final plenary session, all hopes of a breakthrough seem to have already vanished.
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