More Copenhagen post-mortems

UNDP recently commissioned The Outcomes of Copenhagen — The Negotiations & The Accord to evaluate the substantive results of the Copenhagen climate talks, including the status of the negotiations on key issues under the formal negotiating tracks and the provisions of the Copenhagen Accord. The document has been authored by Alina Averchenkova, a senior analyst with First Climate, and was peer reviewed by an international team of experts. The document is currently available in English. French, Spanish and Russian translations will be forthcoming shortly.

See here http://www.undpcc.org/content/negotiations-en.aspx

The Climate Group did an analysis that we’re only just now getting round to reading- here is the opening paragraph, hyperlinked to the full report (15 pages).

“The 15th UN Climate Conference concluded late last month with the ambiguous adoption, or noting, of a Copenhagen Accord. This political document was delivered at the end of two weeks of tense and often confusing negotiations. Its exact legal status and hence its implications – remain the subject of debate and it leaves unanswered many of the difficult questions that have bedeviled climate negotiations for much of the past two years.

“Despite this, the Copenhagen Accord represents an important milestone in international efforts to address climate change….”

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