The international negotiators meeting in Lima, Peru for the 20th United Nations convention on climate change have all but given up on a new legally enforceable climate treaty to replace the outdated Kyoto Protocol. In preparations for the Paris climate conference in December 2015, the Obama Administration avoids the word treaty, since there is little chance of ratification by 67 Senators. Instead, the preferred UN approach is to take countries voluntary pledges and shame those with smaller goals into increasing them. A recent bilateral agreement between the U.S. and China was meant to encourage more ambitious pledges, but it is hard to imagine uncoordinated voluntary and bilateral pledges adding up to anything close to what would be accomplished under a globally agreed-upon framework. huffingtonpost/mike-sandler/for-paris-2015-a-climate-_b_6245858.html?utm_hp_ref=green
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:03:43 +0000
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