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A Breakthrough Climate Accord in Lima but a Tough Road to Paris

| January 29, 2015

In the early morning hours of Sunday, December 14th last year, climate negotiators in Lima, Peru concluded the COP-20 talks with an agreement among 195 countries.

The Lima Call for Climate Action, or Lima Accord, represents both a classic compromise between the rich and poor countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and something of a breakthrough after twenty years of difficult climate negotiations.

The text, which was approved without dissent, provided the foundation for the next major international climate agreement, which will be finalized and signed at COP-21 in Paris this December for implementation in 2020, as the successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol....

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For Academic Citation: Stavins, Robert N..“A Breakthrough Climate Accord in Lima but a Tough Road to Paris.” The Conversation, January 29, 2015.

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Robert N. Stavins

Robert N. Stavins

  • Director, Harvard Project on Climate Agreements
  • A.J. Meyer Professor of Energy & Economic Development
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center
  • Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program
  • Chair, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group
  • Chairman, Ph.D. Programs in Public Policy and Political Economy & Government
  • Co-Chair, Kennedy School–Harvard Business School Joint Degree Programs
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