by Dr. Hermann E. Ott
FACET Commentary No. 27 – February 2011
Since the Copenhagen conference, climate negotiations have stalled. Immediately following Copenhagen many believed that the conference in Cancún would finally bring a legally binding global agreement, but soon afterwards hopes were pinned on the conference in South Africa 2011 or the “Rio +20” conference in 2012 to bring forth a final agreement… [READ FULL TEXT]
by Christopher Flavin
FACET Commentary No. 23 – December 2009
President Obama’s speech in Copenhagen last Friday included a line that few who had spent the past two weeks listening to bickering negotiators would disagree with: “While the reality of climate change is not in doubt, I have to be honest, I think our ability to take collective action is in doubt right now and it hangs in the balance.” Also hanging in the balance is the habitability of the planet. The Copenhagen conference did not come close to setting the world on a path to stabilizing the climate (…) While it is tempting to respond to the near collapse in Copenhagen with a combination of anger and despair, neither will lead to the result that we and others believe is urgently needed: the transition to a low‐carbon economy in the decades immediately ahead. [READ FULL TEXT]
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