CIAO DATE: 03/2011
December 2010
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
With the gap between developed and developing nations remaining unclosed, post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations have run into rough waters: Developing countries insist that developed countries be committed to more ambitious targets for the second phase of the Kyoto Protocol and provide large amounts of financial or technological assistance to developing countries, while developed countries propose that financial and technological support be balanced with developing countries' mitigation actions and measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV).
Resource link: Towards a Breakthrough for Deadlocked Climate Change Negotiations [PDF] - 108K