THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD
The goal of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, has been to reach a legally binding agreement between participant states. As a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, this sort of agreement would have engaged signatory parties with reducing their greenhouse gas e...
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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi
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description | The goal of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, has been to reach a legally binding agreement between participant states. As a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, this sort of agreement would have engaged signatory parties with reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent the rise with 2 degrees Celsius in global temperature. This paper is an analysis of the above-mentioned event, which focuses on itsmain result, namely the Copenhagen Accord. It also presents the role of the European Union at the Copenhagen Summit and in promoting sustainable development globally. |
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spelling | doaj.art-66bc5e162874484f9867eecb4963990f2022-12-22T00:52:32ZengAlexandru Ioan Cuza University of IasiCES Working Papers2067-76932010-06-01224354THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORDSabina Nicoleta FurtunăThe goal of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, has been to reach a legally binding agreement between participant states. As a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, this sort of agreement would have engaged signatory parties with reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent the rise with 2 degrees Celsius in global temperature. This paper is an analysis of the above-mentioned event, which focuses on itsmain result, namely the Copenhagen Accord. It also presents the role of the European Union at the Copenhagen Summit and in promoting sustainable development globally.http://cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers/articles/CESWP2010_I2_FUR.pdfsustainable developmentclimate changegreen economyEuropean UnionCopenhagen Accord |
spellingShingle | Sabina Nicoleta Furtună THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD CES Working Papers sustainable development climate change green economy European Union Copenhagen Accord |
title | THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD |
title_full | THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD |
title_fullStr | THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD |
title_full_unstemmed | THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD |
title_short | THE EU AND THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD |
title_sort | eu and the curious case of the copenhagen accord |
topic | sustainable development climate change green economy European Union Copenhagen Accord |
url | http://cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers/articles/CESWP2010_I2_FUR.pdf |
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