CIAO DATE: 07/2010
March 2010
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Copenhagen in December 2009 did not produce a new international treaty with binding emissions commitments, but have defined a roadmap for dealing with global climate change in the post-2012 era. As countries continue to pursue new models for global agreement, it will be important to learn from the weaknesses of past approaches, while building on positive aspects of the experience with the Kyoto Protocol so far.
Resource link: Toward a Post-2010 International Climate Agreement [PDF] - 111K