Copenhagen: Two-step Climate Treaty in the Cards

Next month’s United Nations (UN) climate summit meeting in Copenhagen may feature only political agreement between countries and not a legally binding commitment to reduce green house gas (GHG) emissions as originally planned. A second follow up summit to make any political agreements in Copenhagen legally binding may now take place at Bonn in June 2010, or in Mexico City at a scheduled UN climate meeting in December 2010.   The potential shift to a two-track climate agreement was conceded by president Obama speaking at the Asia Pacific Economic...

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