Doha Climate Conference - COP 18

UN Climage Change Conference
COP 18 & CMP 8

Doha, Qatar
November 26-December 7, 2012

In a package of decisions dubbed the Doha Climate Gateway, parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change brought to a close two long-standing negotiating tracks and advanced a new, unified track aiming for a comprehensive legal agreement in 2015.

The Doha Climate Gateway:

• Read C2ES's summary of the outcome [1]

C2ES Resources:

• C2ES Statement on the Doha climate talks [2]
• Shifting gears in Doha [3], blog post by Elliot Diringer
• Reflections from Doha: It's never easy [4], blog post by Elliot Diringer
• Not yet on track for 17 percent reduction [5], blog post by Doug Vine
• Previous International Negotiations [6]

New Publication:

• The Durban Platform: Issues and Options for a 2015 Agreement [7], December 2012.
  The Durban Platform talks, aiming for a new global agreement in 2015, present an opportunity to assess and strengthen the international climate change effort. Since launching the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change two decades ago, governments have tried both "top down" and "bottom up" approaches. Neither has achieved the levels of participation or ambition needed to reverse the continued rise of global greenhouse gas emissions. Going forward, governments should draw on both models to forge a more effective global agreement.

Presentation in Doha:

• The Durban Platform Negotiations: Work Stream One [8], ADP Special Event, December 8, 2012
  Daniel Bodansky, Lincoln Professor of Law, Ethics and Sustainability, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, shares his analysis of the components of an effective global agreement.

Other Resources:

• UN climate talks stumble as scientists raise alarm [9], Nature article, December 9, 2012
• Climate talks buffeted by the force of Superstorm Sandy [10], Los Angeles Times article, November 28, 2012