{"id":516032,"date":"2010-04-05T11:08:15","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T15:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2010-04-05T11:08:15","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T15:08:15","slug":"analysts-challenge-copenhagen-as-failure-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/516032","title":{"rendered":"Analysts challenge Copenhagen-as-failure narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/Greenwire\/2010\/04\/02\/6\/\" >Greenwire:<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/science\/nature\/8568377.stm\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/47480000\/jpg\/_47480345_tv008338625afp.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"135\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a>Though many critics jumped to describe the climate change talks in  Copenhagen as a bust because they did not produce a binding treaty on  greenhouse gas emissions, several environmental groups and financial  analysts have recently questioned that prevailing argument, pointing out  that the high-profile negotiations prompted an unprecedented number of  domestic policy shifts.<\/p>\n<p>The talks yielded more comprehensive commitments than the 1997 Kyoto  Protocol, several groups have concluded. It was &#8220;no failure,&#8221; according  to a March report by Deutsche Bank, which produces market research on  clean energy investment. The report found that countries implemented 154  new domestic policies around the talks, which included representatives  of 193 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The talks coincided with &#8220;the highest number of new government  initiatives ever recorded &#8230; in a four-month period,&#8221; wrote Kevin  Parker, the bank&#8217;s global head of asset management. &#8220;Copenhagen served  to raise awareness of the problem all over the world, and that in turn  forced governments to focus on the issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nations agreed in Copenhagen to submit voluntary and nonbinding  pledges to cut emissions by 2020. The agreement established  international monitoring for the pledges and billions of dollars in aid  to help the developing world reduce emissions and adapt to warmer  climate.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental groups immediately criticized the outcome of the  summit, saying it did not go far enough. Some groups, such as the  Natural Resources Defense Council, have suggested that the talks were  more useful than initially thought.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we&#8217;re starting to learn,&#8221; said Joe Aldy, President Obama&#8217;s  special assistant on energy and environment, &#8220;is, with this approach  where we say to countries, &#8216;Come forward and &#8230; make public your  emissions targets and actions,&#8217; it is creating almost a positive dynamic  now, where countries look at their peers and say, &#8216;Wait, I should do  something&#8217;&#8221; (Jim Tankersley, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/science\/environment\/la-na-copenhagen2-2010apr02,0,1062581.story\"><em>Los  Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, April 1). <strong>&#8211; GN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthportal.org\/news\/?p=3258&amp;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"E-mail this, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_3258\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Share This<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greenwire: Though many critics jumped to describe the climate change talks in Copenhagen as a bust because they did not produce a binding treaty on greenhouse gas emissions, several environmental groups and financial analysts have recently questioned that prevailing argument, pointing out that the high-profile negotiations prompted an unprecedented number of domestic policy shifts. 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