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Despite near instantaneous condemnation of his role in the culmination of the COP15 climate negotiations last week, president Obama voiced his frustration over the course those negotiations took and accord that resulted from them.
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The non-binding Copenhagen Accord has been reached.
The draft text of the Copenhagen Accord:
The Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers, and other heads of delegation present at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen,
In pursuit of the ultimate objective of the Convention as stated in its Article 2,
Being guided by the principles and provisions of the Convention,
Noting the results of work done by the two Ad hoc Working Groups,
Endorsing decision x/CP.l5 that extends the mandate of the Ad hoc Working Group on Long-term cooperative action and decision x/CMP.5 that requests the Ad hoc Working Group on Further Commitments of Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol to continue its work, Have agreed on this Copenhagen Accord which is operational immediately.
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It is mid-evening on Friday in Copenhagen. World leaders have made their statements, and now talks are expected to go into the wee hours of Saturday.
For me, one of the most remarkable aspects of COP15 has been the outpouring of spirit from “civil society.” I was fortunate enough to catch the following video (editing inelegantly into the required ten minutes required by YouTube) of 350.org founder Bill McKibben and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu speaking at a candlelight vigil outside the Bella Center last Saturday (December 12).
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President Obama spoke here in Copenhagen about 50 minutes ago, following is the text of his speech as released by the White House:
Copenhagen, Denmark
December 18, 2009
Good morning. It’s an honor to for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come together here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave and growing danger to our people. You would not be here unless you – like me – were convinced that this danger is real. This is not fiction, this is science. Unchecked, climate change will pose unacceptable risks to our security, our economies, and our planet. That much we know.
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But what of Tuvalu?
It’s been something of a blizzard of “leaked” texts and drafts here in Copenhagen these past two weeks (and before). Each text proffered ostensibly aims to help forge a deal, but ultimately causing accusations of back-room dealing, most often on behalf of developed nations at the expense of developing nations.
Continue Reading “Leaked” UN Draft Shows COP15 Deal Will Lead to 3 Degree Warming by Century’s End
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The United States is often called to task for basing its emissions mitigation targets on 205 levels, instead of 1990 established by the UNFCCC.
At a press conference earlier this week, chief US negotiator at the COP15 climate conference focused his comments on how “only in the hermetically sealed world of climate negotiations” is the baseline year of 1990 “sacrosanct.” Stern went on to explain that, when using different metrics than a 1990 reference year, the US commitment is equal to or better than that of the EU and other developed countries.
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