The Nineteenth Conference of the Parties(COP-19) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended on Saturday, November 23, with the 195 parties to the Convention (194 countries plus the European Union) making modest progress toward a new international agreement that will be concluded at COP-21 in late 2015—in Paris—and that will become effective in 2020. There was the usual intrigue, delay, last-minute wrangling over text, and fears that the negotiations would collapse, but again the UNFCCC process displayed resilience and will survive at least until the next round. For a flavor of the last hours of the negotiations, see the photos onIISD Reporting Services’ COP-19 home page (scroll down a bit). ...
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