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Publication Date: February 2010
Publisher: National Center for Policy Analysis (U.S.)
Author(s): H. Sterling Burnett
Research Area: Environment
Keywords: climate change; developing countries
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
In December 2009, representatives of nearly 200 governments met in Copenhagen, Denmark, to hammer out the details of a new climate change treaty. Treaty drafts indicated that industrialized countries would be required to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions - primarily carbon dioxide (CO2) - up to 80 percent by 2050. Developing countries would not be required to reduce emissions much, if at all. However, no agreement was reached and no firm emissions reduction commitments were made.