Climate Change Policy At Home and Abroad Café Scientifique Arlington, Virginia January 5, 2010 Climate Change Policy At Home and Abroad Café Scientifique Arlington, Virginia January 5, 2010 Manik Roy, Ph.D. Vice President, Federal Government Outreach Pew Center on Global Climate Change www.pewclimate.org Manik Roy, Ph.D. Vice President, Federal Government Outreach Pew Center on Global Climate Change www.pewclimate.org
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15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention onClimate Change (December 7-18, 2009):
•Two weeks of harsh rhetoric and pitched procedural battles
•Basic terms of Copenhagen Accord were brokered directly by President Obama and key developing country leaders on final day
•Nearly another full day of tense negotiations to allow leaders’ deal to be formalized over the bitter objections of a few governments
•Parties adopted parallel decisions that “take note” of the political accord and open the way for governments to individually sign on
•In separate decisions, parties agreed to continue negotiating toward a fuller agreement in late 2010 in Mexico City
•Uncertainty about formal standing of Copenhagen Accord under theU.N. climate process and about the nature of any future agreement.
•Aim of a “legally binding instrument,” which appeared part of the deal when President Obama first announced it, later stripped out
Copenhagen AccordCopenhagen Accord
Key elements of Copenhagen Accord:
•Aspirational goal of limiting global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius;
•Process for countries to their mitigation pledges by January 31, 2010;
•Terms for reporting and verification of countries’ actions;
•Commitment by developed countries for $30 billion in “new and additional” resources in 2010-2012 to help developing countries reduce emissions, preserve forests, and adapt to climate change;
•Goal of mobilizing $100 billion a year in public and private finance by 2020 to address developing county needs.
Separate agreement to continue negotiating toward fuller agreement in late 2010 in Mexico City
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Manik Roy, Ph.D.
Vice President, Federal Government Outreach
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Manik Roy is the Vice President for Federal Government Outreach for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, where he manages communication between the Center and the U.S. Congress. Dr. Roy has twenty-five years of experience in environmental policy, having worked,before coming to the Pew Center, for Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Defense Fund.
Dr. Roy holds a Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University. He also holds a Master of Science degree in environmental engineering and a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, both from Stanford University.