A Copenhagen climate treaty

The Copenhagen Climate Treaty, which must be adopted by all Parties, marries the need for ambitious and urgent action on adaptation and emissions reductions – driven by the science and equity – with the transformation of technology, the preservation of forests and the acceleration of sustainable development. [...] The Copenhagen Agreement must represent a deal that can be adopted by all Parties, marrying the need for ambitious and urgent action on adaptation and mitigation - driven by the science and equity - with the transformation of technology, the preservation of forests and the acceleration of sustainable development. [...] The urgency of the science and the need to ensure the survival of all countries and cultures dictates that our views on the level of ambition (namely the global carbon budget and targets) will not change; the finer points of this proposal are likely to evolve in step with the negotiations themselves. [...] A set of COP or CMP decisions should build upon the Marrakech Accords, lay the groundwork for the action needed up to 2012 and include some of the decisions that the meeting of the Parties to the Copenhagen Protocol will need to adopt at its first session (a mini-“Marrakech type Accords” to be supplemented by further decisions at COP16).2 1 Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the P [...] These agencies would have to be approved by the Climate Facility’s Executive Committee and meet the criteria and guidelines established by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Copenhagen Protocol, (CMCP).