COP20 in Lima was expected to put the negotiations on track to get an ambitious global agreement in Paris in December 2015. As a \u201crehearsal dinner\u201d for Paris Climate 2015, COP20 managed to keep and strengthen the hopes for a \u201cwedding\u201d of interests with all parties sharing a table.<\/p>\n
COP 20 achieved its two key objectives: defining a framework \u2013 even if only indicative \u2013 for the submission of the countries\u2019 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), and a preview of the components of the draft negotiating text that will be discussed throughout 2015 on the way to Paris. Perhaps the most valuable input may be COP20\u2019s treatment \u2013 or rather the absence \u2013 of the Annex I\/non-Annex I differentiation. This marks a watershed moment in negotiations where all countries recognize the need to contribute to climate action.<\/p>\n
2014 was a relatively productive year marked by Europe\u2019s engagement through the Energy Climate Package 2030, the US-China agreement and the capitalization of the Green Climate Fund. Nevertheless, many unsolved critical issues remain on the negotiator\u2019s plate to ensure the strong commitments necessary in Paris to reach the ambitious long-term 2\u00b0C target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COP20 in Lima was expected to put the negotiations on track to get an ambitious global agreement in Paris in December 2015. As a \u201crehearsal dinner\u201d for Paris Climate 2015, COP20 managed to keep and strengthen the hopes for a \u201cwedding\u201d of interests with all parties sharing a table. COP 20 achieved its two key […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48199,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"type_publication":[50],"class_list":["post-9706","publication","type-publication","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","type_publication-climate-brief"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n