{"id":1534,"date":"2011-11-21T06:02:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-21T06:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2011-11-21T06:02:02","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T06:02:02","slug":"what-to-expect-with-low-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/2011\/11\/what-to-expect-with-low-expectations\/","title":{"rendered":"What to expect, with low expectations…"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: Maggie Rees<\/p>\n

With COP17 quickly approaching, expectations are running high.\u00a0 The main talk of the town is what might happen with the Kyoto Protocol.\u00a0 A revision of the Protocol, drafted by Australia and Norway involves legally binding agreements, and includes less-developed countries.\u00a0 Resources for the Future<\/a>\u00a0describes the changes to Kyoto as follows:\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/strong> Standardizing targets at Durban, including 2020 emissions reduction targets.<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/strong> Formalizing and updating targets annually until 2015, ensuring transparency in emissions reductions.<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/strong> In 2012, updating targets and establishing rules for international verification.<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/strong> In 2013\u20132014, national reporting of emissions reductions.<\/p>\n

\u00b7<\/strong> In 2015, a legally binding deal that includes developed country targets and actions by developing countries.<\/p>\n

The main concern behind saving the Protocol lies within the main actors in greenhouse gas emissions.\u00a0 Will the United States, China, and India agree? Why should countries reinstate the Kyoto Protocol and strive for further emission reductions when the \"\"<\/a>main players are not making the same effort?\u00a0 Perhaps the politics are not ready for such commitments.\u00a0 Another argument is whether or not the United Nations is ready for the negotiations.\u00a0 The Cancun agreements were considered by some to have \u201cput the negotiations back on track\u201d (Pearce, 2010).\u00a0 However, it is argued that there have yet to be successes.\u00a0 I guess this leaves us with the question of\u2026will there ever be successes?\u00a0 It is hard to say that success or failure comes with one event.\u00a0 Over the long-term, the fate of climate negotiations does not rely on just one conference.\u00a0 It will take the effort of Copenhagen, Cancun, and Durban to fully grasp the concepts of the negotiations.\u00a0 So, finding the right balance between the urgency of our changing climate and some patience with negotiations will hopefully lead us to success.\u00a0 High hopes in Copenhagen are what many believe led to defeat.\u00a0 Perhaps the world\u2019s level head about Durban\u2019s negotiations will create the opposite \u2013 let\u2019s hope so!<\/p>\n

Works Cited:<\/p>\n

Butkiewicz, Lynann. “Panama Climate Talks Signal What\u2019s Ahead in Durban.” Weblog post. Weathervane: A Climate Policy Blog<\/em>. Resources for the Future, 13 Oct. 2011. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. <http:\/\/www.rff.org\/wv\/default.aspx>.<\/p>\n

Pearce, Fred. “Did Cancun Prove the UN Irrelevant in Tackling Climate?” Weblog post. Yale Environment 360<\/em>. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 16 Dec. 2010. Web. 20 Nov. 2011. <http:\/\/e360.yale.edu\/mobile\/feature.msp?id=2351>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By: Maggie Rees
\nWith COP17 quickly approaching, expectations are running high.\u00a0 The main talk of the town is what might happen with the Kyoto Protocol.\u00a0 A revision of the Protocol, drafted by Australia and Norway involves legally binding agreements, and includes less-developed countries.\u00a0 Resources for the Future\u00a0describes the changes to Kyoto as follows:\u00a0
\n\u00b7 Standardizing targets at Durban, including 2020 emissions reduction targets.
\n\u00b7 Formalizing and updating targets annually until 2015, ensuring transparency in emissions reductions.
\n\u00b7 In 2012, updating targets and establishing rules for international verification.
\n\u00b7 In 2013\u20132014, national reporting of emissions reductions.
\n\u00b7 In 2015, a legally binding deal that includes developed country targets and actions by developing countries.
\nThe main concern behind saving the Protocol lies within the main actors in greenhouse gas emissions.\u00a0 Will the United States, China, and India agree? Why should countries reinstate the Kyoto Protocol and strive for further emission reductions when the main players are not making the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19448],"tags":[1861,34192,25703],"class_list":["post-1534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate-change-2","tag-cop15","tag-cop17","tag-maggie-rees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop17durban\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}