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Expectations, reality, and future: A negotiator’s reflections on COP 15

Expectations, reality, and future: A negotiator’s reflections on COP 15 Climate Law 1 (2010) 207­225 DOI 10.3233/CL-2010-010 IOS Press Achala Chandani1 I. Introduction After years of preparation, the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC commenced on 7 December 2009, and ended one day over time, on the afternoon of Saturday, 19 December. The purpose of the conference was to complete negotiations on the two tracks set by the 2007 Bali Action Plan, covering a number of crucial issues under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. This paper begins, in sections II and III, by describing the pre-Copenhagen process and the expectations associated with the Copenhagen negotiations. Section IV provides an account of COP 15, in particular the second week of the conference, with a focus on the North-South divide, the South-South divide, and the issue of broken trust. In section V, I analyse the main outcome of COP 15--the Copenhagen Accord. I describe its key provisions and assess its components. I close the article with a consideration of the way forward. II. Pre-Copenhagen At COP 13, in Bali in 2007, the most important decision adopted was the establishment of a new Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), under the UNFCCC, to undertake a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Climate Law Brill

Expectations, reality, and future: A negotiator’s reflections on COP 15

Chandani, Achala
Climate Law , Volume 1 (1): 207 – Jan 1, 2010
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Climate Law 1 (2010) 207­225 DOI 10.3233/CL-2010-010 IOS Press Achala Chandani1 I. Introduction After years of preparation, the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC commenced on 7 December 2009, and ended one day over time, on the afternoon of Saturday, 19 December. The purpose of the conference was to complete negotiations on the two tracks set by the 2007 Bali Action Plan, covering a number of crucial issues under the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol. This paper begins, in sections II and III, by describing the pre-Copenhagen process and the expectations associated with the Copenhagen negotiations. Section IV provides an account of COP 15, in particular the second week of the conference, with a focus on the North-South divide, the South-South divide, and the issue of broken trust. In section V, I analyse the main outcome of COP 15--the Copenhagen Accord. I describe its key provisions and assess its components. I close the article with a consideration of the way forward. II. Pre-Copenhagen At COP 13, in Bali in 2007, the most important decision adopted was the establishment of a new Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), under the UNFCCC, to undertake a

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