Full Title: Paris Climate Conference: Thoughts On Day One
Author(s): David Sandalow
Publisher(s): Columbia SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy
Publication Date: December 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):
The Paris climate conference opened yesterday and will continue for two more weeks. At the end of the conference, with a small miracle, the 194 nations participating may reach unanimous agreement on some aspects of the world’s response to climate change. (Under the rules of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, which is convening the Paris meeting, all or nearly all countries must agree before any decision is taken.)
But a big part of the legacy of this conference is already written. After just one day of formal sessions, the Paris conference has already delivered some important successes.