{"id":28360,"date":"2009-12-09T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:39:33","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:39:33","slug":"3360-the-basic-copenhagen-accord-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/climate\/3360-the-basic-copenhagen-accord-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"The BASIC &#8216;Copenhagen Accord&#8217; revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<meta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Word.Document\" name=\"ProgId\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Generator\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"Microsoft Word 11\" name=\"Originator\">\n<link href=\"file:\/\/\/C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCHINAD%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml\" rel=\"File-List\" \/><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n \n  Normal\n  0\n  \n  \n  false\n  false\n  false\n  \n   \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n  MicrosoftInternetExplorer4\n \n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>\n\n\n<style>\nst1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) }\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-\"Times New Roman\";}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\n table.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\"Times New Roman\";}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]-->                             <\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta><br \/>\n<\/meta>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>chinadialogue has now obtained a copy of a proposal for a &#8216;Copenhagen Accord&#8217; put together by China, India, Brazil and South Africa (BASIC) in response to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/weblogs\/1\/weblog_posts\/11\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8216;Danish text&#8217;<\/a>, which caused a huge media storm yesterday. On November the 27th China invited these countries to Beijing where they hammered out this idealised agreement. The existence of the agreement was announced on the 28<sup>th<\/sup> of November, a day after the Danish text was completed. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The &#8216;Copenhagen Accord&#8217; presents a clear picture of what BASIC countries want. It would establish a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol under which the United States and all developing countries would be required to commit to emissions reductions between 2013 and 2020.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>Other key elements of the text include:<\/div>\n<p><span>The explicit elimination of any form of green protectionism &ndash; specifically border taxes on carbon intensive goods.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The inclusion of &lsquo;autonomous&rsquo; national mitigation actions by developing countries, which are not subject to international monitoring. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The establishment of a global climate fund which would cover mitigation, adaptation, technology transfer and capacity building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Climate Action Network described the text as a &lsquo;defensive reaction&rsquo; to the Danish proposal. Malini Mehra of the Centre for Social Markets was critical of the proposal suggesting that &lsquo;it is very weak on is finance, particularly for the least developed countries.&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At least two more idealised agreements are likely to surface in the next two days. Brazil has produced its own text and the Alliance of Small Island States is in the final stages of producing its own draft agreement. chinadialogue will endeavour to bring you analysis as soon as we get our hands on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chinadialogue has now obtained a copy of a proposal for a &#8216;Copenhagen Accord&#8217; put together by China, India, Brazil and South Africa (BASIC) in response to the &#8216;Danish text&#8217;, which caused a huge media storm yesterday. On November the 27th China invited these countries to Beijing where they hammered out this idealised agreement. 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