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The UN Climate Conference: a major stepping stone toward a low-carbon energy future?

Posted on: July 31, 2009 3:00 PM, by Jonas Meckling

The international community is currently negotiating a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol to be agreed in Copenhagen at the end of this year. The new treaty could create an international policy framework that encourages investment in a sustainable energy infrastructure in both the developed and the developing world. Yet, to date many questions remain open as to what negotiating parties are willing to agree on. Controversial issues include the level of emission reduction commitments and the sources of funding for low-carbon energy investments in the developing world. What does the UN Climate Conference have to produce to encourage more sustainable energy production and consumption?

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Thanks for this post. My friend living near the Eiffel Tower may need to look into this. However, I am skeptical at drug companies and their promises. I wonder if this will be another one of those "lifetime treatments" or cures

Posted by: rap | July 31, 2009 3:19 PM

I'm pretty sure that even organising and assembling this conference will cause more greenhouse gas to be emitted than it will prevent from being emitted. Maybe I'm too much of a cynic, though.

Posted by: Nils Ross | August 1, 2009 4:41 AM

huh, hadnt even thought of that... man, i hope your wrong Nils.. for the moment i'm not sure how much i believe that the policy makers are gonna be able to just cross the issues of the list.. too much controversy... i think what i like best so far from these climate confrences is the ALtering Landscapes exhibit http://bit.ly/3nUckl ... it at least brings in the voice of the people a little more: artists, public, and good 'ol policy makers... AND its outdoors, thats right, where you actually have to deal with the climate, no using electricity and gas to make your policy makers nice and cozy while they talk about the fate of the world

Posted by: Al | August 13, 2009 12:32 AM