Sikina Jinnah et al 2009 Environ. Res. Lett. 4 034003 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/3/034003
Sikina Jinnah1,5, Douglas Bushey2, Miquel Muñoz3 and Kati Kulovesi4
Show affiliationsThis letter aims to help scholars and practitioners alike prepare for the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Copenhagen in December 2009, by providing a bird's eye view of the increasingly complex terrain of the global climate negotiations. It identifies and explains the most important and contentious 'tripping points' for reaching any agreement on a post-2012 framework, by explaining the primary barriers among countries to reaching consensus and the bargaining chips that countries may draw upon to get there. Namely, the letter details the contours of the ongoing debates on: developed and developing country mitigation; reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD); technology transfer; adaptation; and finance.
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Issue 3 (July-September 2009)
Received 28 May 2009, accepted for publication 14 July 2009
Published 5 August 2009
Sikina Jinnah et al 2009 Environ. Res. Lett. 4 034003
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