Kyoto successor still long way off after Cancun

An opinion piece by Heleen de Coninck, researcher at ECN. She criticises the success of Cancún.

The Cancun climate conference was hailed as a success. The relief was clearly audible in the voices of the delegates as they agreed to the outcome. We should, however, not confuse relief with success. The main success of Cancun was that it was not a failure, and a real solution is still a long way off.

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Heleen de Coninck is researcher of international climate policy at the Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN). At COP16, she chaired the constituency of the Research and Independent Non-Governmental Organisations (RINGOs).

 

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