The EU risks more than discrediting its public image if it doesn’t follow up on its commitments on the overarching objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 2º Celsius in order to avoid crossing the threshold into “dangerous climate change,” writes Oliver Geden.
Oliver Geden is a senior research fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin.
Starting today, 3 June, delegates from 194 nations will gather in Bonn for the next round of UN climate negotiations. The expectations for the talks are quite low. In the 20 years since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change was adopted, progress in the area of international climate policy has been modest at best. Annual greenhouse gas emissions have increased by over one-third since 1992. Acute conflicts of interest among industrialized, emerging, and developing countries remain a persistent obstacle.
See full Article: http://www.euractiv.com/climate-environment/time-eu-modify-degree-climate-ta-analysis-528262
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