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What should we take away from Cancún?

24 January 2011 - Climate Brief - By : Marion Jeulin / Marion Jeulin

The Cancún  Summit, held between November 29thand December 10th 2010, led to a series of decisions relating to the post-2012 international climate change policy. The outcomes  of  the  December  2009  Copenhagen  Accord,  negotiated  by  28  countries, were  legalised  within  the  United  Nations  framework  by  its  194  members,  with  the exception  of  Bolivia.  The  continuance  and  broadening  of  the  market  mechanisms introduced by the Kyoto Protocol seems to be well underway, even if many technical and methodology decisions should be further addressed during the Durban Summit in 2011.

 

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