Copenhagen a failure, yet Accord offers hopes

Obama Accord a good thing amid Copenhagen fiasco The Age ROSS GARNAUT December 23, 2009 The United Nations meeting on climate change at Copenhagen was a fiasco. The several months of intense discussion among leading economies that culminated in the Obama Accord in Copenhagen last weekend was not.These several months just passed have changed the context of international co-operation on climate change. It is worth taking some time to understand the change and its implications of what might be made to happen next………….

The international context of co-operation on climate change mitigation has been changed by the Obama Accord. It will take some time to work through the implications. The implications are not all bad for mitigation. Some are very good.Let us react carefully and in a measured way to the fiasco at Copenhagen, so we make the best use of the opportunities in the new context.

Obama Accord a good thing amid Copenhagen fiasco

December 22, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, climate change | climate change, Copenhagen