Copenhagen 2009
Why the emphasis on Copenhagen 2009?
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 2009 will set the outline for what commitments will be made post 2012 after the Kyoto protocol completes its timeframe for binding pollution reduction targets.
Due to lessons learned in the first reporting period, this also provides an opportunity to re-negotiate international rules.
Nations must determine if they are prepared to subject their mechanisms for measurement and legal frameworks to international scrutiny. This would underpin an international trading scheme for carbon credits.
The issues surrounding trade are immense and essentially every emissions trading system introduced around the world would need to set up rules for whether they would accept, for example, an American, European, or an Australian carbon pollution credit.
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 2009 will set the outline for what commitments will be made post 2012 after the Kyoto protocol completes its timeframe for binding pollution reduction targets.
Due to lessons learned in the first reporting period, this also provides an opportunity to re-negotiate international rules.
Nations must determine if they are prepared to subject their mechanisms for measurement and legal frameworks to international scrutiny. This would underpin an international trading scheme for carbon credits.
The issues surrounding trade are immense and essentially every emissions trading system introduced around the world would need to set up rules for whether they would accept, for example, an American, European, or an Australian carbon pollution credit.