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Copenhagen: what's happening? *ยบ
Help The Independent explore the current state of play in the build up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. (#35600)
Obstacles to a negotiated agreement? *
(#35605)
Complexity of task *
Climate change is possibly the most complex, multi-dimensional challenge that human society has had to confornt. (#35642)
Payments from developed nations to developing nations to reduce CO2 *
(#35608)
Scale and timing of emissions reductions *
(#35617)
Anti-treaty lobbying by companies that stand to lose
Anti-treaty lobbying by companies and idustries that stand to lose from the proposed measures. (#36494)
Treaty contingent on every nation signing *
International treaties of the kind being sought at Copenhagen require the signatures of all countries to become binding. (#35632)
Short-term political horizons *
Short-term political expediency is a key obstacle to progress with climate change. (#10816)
Twin-track negotiations due to US failure to sign Kyoto protocol *
The US's failure to sign the Kyoto protocol has meant that critical dimensions of the cliimate negotiations have had to follow two distinct tracks. (#35633)
US Congress hasn't agreed on climate bill *
(#35690)