This week we’ve been looking over the Cancun Agreement in order to access if they represent positive steps in the negotiations. As we learned from our simulation of negotiations, coming to agreements such as this, is incredibly difficult. Though the document still is not going to keep our world from going over the 2 degrees increase, it definitely shows that we still are moving forward, even if it’s slowly. An article I found incredibly helpful and informative about the Agreement was Reflections on the Cancun Agreements by Jennifer Morgan from the World Resources Institute. After reading through the actual Cancun Agreements, I definitely agreed with the points that the author makes and was enlightening on some points that overlooked. The first point which stuck out to me when reading the Cancun … Read entire article »