CSE analysis of the leaked so-called "Danish proposal" to replace the Kyoto Protocol. Says that this would commit countries to very little other than continued negotiations, and would drop most of the key principles of the Kyoto Protocol.
In this draft text, the outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action under the Convention is envisaged as a package consisting of a core decision and thematic decisions further elaborating enhanced action for the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention.
The Copenhagen Accord is a term to refer to a series of decisions adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, in particular the following two decisions adopted in accordance with the Bali Roadmap.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC by its decision 9.CP.2, 3/CP.5 and 18/CP.8, requested that Parties included in Annex I to the Convention (Annex I Parties) submit national inventory data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by sources and removals by sinks.
The Bangkok and Barcelona negotiations demonstrated that the international climate negotiations have yet to reach the level of maturity required for states to adopt a legally binding
This brief paper, identifies key elements for a successful and possible outcome in Copenhagen. These include a clear set of follow-on negotiations to complete a legally binding agreement.
