Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations

Download or read book Status of the Copenhagen Climate Change Negotiations written by Jane A. Leggett and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. and 200 other countries are negotiating to address climate change cooperatively beyond the year 2012. The negotiations toward a ¿Copenhagen Agreement¿ are intended to be the next steps toward stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The objective requires avoiding a 2 degree Celsius increase in global mean temperatures and reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 80%-95% by 2050. Contents of this report: (1) Overview; (2) Background; (3) Two Tracks on the Way to Copenhagen; (4) Key Topics Under Negotiation. This is a print on demand report.