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- Establish clear objectives for reducing human-generated greenhouse gas emissions over time the keep the global average temperature rise below two degrees<\/li>\n
- Encourage the participation of all countries in reducing these emissions, in accordance with each country\u2019s different responsibilities and capabilities to do so<\/li>\n
- Ensure the international transparency of the actions which are taken by countries and\u00a0ensure that global progress towards the long-term goal is reviewed in a timely way<\/li>\n
- Mobilize the development and transfer of clean technology to boost efforts to address climate change, getting it to the right place at the right time and for the best effect<\/li>\n
- Mobilize and provide scaled-up funds in the short and long\u00a0term to enable developing countries to take greater and effective action<\/li>\n
- Assist the particularly vulnerable people in the world to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change<\/li>\n
- Protect the world\u2019s forests, which are a major repository of carbon<\/li>\n
- Build up global capacity, especially in developing countries, to meet the overall challenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The majority of these objectives from Cancun are reasonable, realistic, but also modest.\u00a0 The World Resources Institute (WRI)<\/a>\u00a0argues that such agreements were made possible due to low expectations coming into the conference.\u00a0 These expectations allowed delegates to feel less pressured and thus, more willing to make agreements.\u00a0 It is also argued that the transparency of the Mexican government allowed for a concrete trust factor, which ultimately led to more settlements.\u00a0 The fact that developed nations, such as the United States and China, were more willing to cooperate also encouraged a togetherness and in the end, agreement.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Donald Brown<\/a>, an associate professor at Penn State University disputes that the Cancun meeting was a success; he instead suggests that the agreements made were unethical and were failed attempts to prevent the dangerous effects of climate change.\u00a0 The ethics of supporting developing countries throughout this process brings complicated issues to the table. \u00a0Funding development projects and preventing developing countries from being hit with the wrath of treacherous climate change effects is something that becomes an ethics issue.\u00a0 For example, when we participated in the World Climate simulation, funding developing countries was a menace, as developed countries believed that funding should first go to the rapidly developing countries.\u00a0 Brown makes a valid point that such agreements are ethical issues.<\/p>\nWhether the glass is half-empty or half-full, the agreements made in Cancun were small footsteps in the direction that need to be taken.\u00a0 There are high hopes for the COP-17 Durban meeting.<\/p>\n
Works Cited:<\/p>\n
Brown, 2010. “An Ethical Analysis of the Cancun Climate Negotiations Outcome.”\u00a0http:\/\/rockblogs.psu.edu\/climate\/2010\/12\/an-ethical-analysis-of-the-cancun-climate-negotiations-outcome.html<\/p>\n
Morgan, 2010. \u201cReflections on the Cancun Agreements.\u201dhttp:\/\/www.wri.org\/stories\/2010\/12\/reflections-cancun-agreements.<\/p>\n
UNFCCC, 2011. \u00a0The Cancun Agreements.\u00a0http:\/\/cancun.unfccc.int\/cancun-agreements\/main-objectives-of-the-agreements\/#c33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The continuous challenge of global climate change involves a collective and comprehensive effort on an international level to reach significant decisions that could potentially address the dangerous effects of global warming.\u00a0 The UNFCCC annually performs an attempt to reach agreements over climate regulation.\u00a0 The Conference of the Parties (COP) comes together every year to promote negotiation, cooperation, and ultimately, progress against the effects of climate change.\u00a0 Most recently, COP-16 in Cancun, Mexico reached a number of agreements and attempts for regulation.
\nOverall, the conference in Cancun was relatively successful in maintaining a mutual, collective effort toward reducing emissions, promoting sustainable development, and concurring with a common goal of keeping the average global temperature rise below 2\u00b0 Celsius (http:\/\/cancun.unfccc.int\/cancun-agreements\/significance-of-the-key-agreements-reached-at-cancun\/#c45).\u00a0 The many objectives for COP-16 included a wide range of goals:<\/p>\nEstablish clear objectives for reducing human-generated greenhouse gas emissions over time the keep the global average temperature rise below two degrees
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