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Article Commentary: Cancún Must Take us towards a Global Climate Deal

2010; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 9; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s12290-010-0130-6

1865-5831

Connie Hedegaard,

Climate Change Policy and Economics

The Cancún climate conference must lead to significant steps in international negotiations towards an ambitious and legally binding global climate agreement. In Copenhagen last year, the political will to compromise was not strong enough to reach a deal. Since not a lot of good news has come out of key capitals, expectations for Cancún need to be realistic. The European Union (EU) wants a balanced package of agreements that captures the progress made so far and lays the basis for a global deal as soon as possible.