WRI reflections from Copenhagen: the accord and the way forward
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World Resouces Institute
The result from Copenhagen is an accord that looks very different than what has come before.
The Copenhagen meeting broke new ground in a number of rather historic ways. Never before have heads of state from nations in Asia, Latin America, Africa and North America negotiated an agreement, let alone one so complex as this. Although not specifically planned, it became clear when leaders arrived that their negotiators had been unable to outline even the key choices they needed to make, forcing heads to either engage in a much more detailed fashion than expected or accept no outcome. Luckily they decided on the former, wrenching the decision away from a rather dysfunctional global diplomatic establishment which was unable to come to closure on any of the core issues.
Read the complete story at the World Resources Institute.
Submit comments below: How do you interpret the outcome in Copenhagen? What were the successes and failures? What do you think is the best way forward?
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