NI Summary of COP 15 Outcomes

Nicholas Institute Discussion Memo Prepared for the National Religious Partnership for the Environment

Author(s): Joshua Schneck

Published: December 2009

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Negotiations of the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen fulfilled neither the aspirations of the Bali Road Map,which called for completion of a binding global agreement on emissions reductions, nor the complete breakdown that appeared almost certain as late as the evening of the final day of the conference.  Instead, an interim Copenhagen Accord was produced that moves forward on a number of key issues.  This memo summarizes negotiations at COP15, the Copenhagen Accord itself, and looks at the road ahead.