The Copenhagen Climate Change Agreement: Failure or Success?

As we are approaching to the end of this torrential year of 2009， heads of state andgovernment and negotiators from 193 countries concluded the Copenhagen Conferencewith a last-minute， three page framework document for a new global climate changedeal (the \"Copenhagen Accord\"). Hailed by some as a foundation for further progress，and derided or rejected by others as 'greenwash' (sounds good but really is not) and anoutright negotiating failure， the Copenhagen Accord sets out a first basic agreement onkey elements of the global climate change framework for the years to come. Negotiations towards a more detailed legally binding agreement and pressure towards a moreambitious outcome will continue throughout 2010 and possibly beyond. The partiesagreed a review of the Accord and its implementation would be completed by 2015.