Inside climate negotiations: a personal perspective
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As former European Commissioner for Climate Action and as host Minister of the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Connie Hedegaard has been at the sharp end of global agreements. While the Copenhagen talks ended with a breakthrough recognition of the scientific case for restraining temperature rises to no more than 2°C, the accord failed to achieve commitments to reducing emissions. The outcome frustrated many and Hedegaard has subsequently described the eight-draft, 115-country process as a ‘nightmare’. Hedegaard refused to give up.
Date: 18 May 2015, 17:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2015)
Venue: Lecture Theatre
Speakers: Speaker to be announced
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Part of: School of Geography and the Environment
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/event/2120
Audience: Public
Editor: Deborah Strickland