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OTC Conseil Americas
Newsletter #10 - January 2010

Editorial

The past few years have definitely shown that climate change is now part of our lives. And after the rainiest summer of the last decade, in comes a winter full of surprises, going from snowy to mild days.


In this connection, the Copenhagen Accord that came out of the UN Climate Change Conference in December was surrounded by controversy. Considering our strong interest and involvement in climate-related issues, we followed the Copenhagen talks closely, to make sure we could make an objective assessment of the results. One of our experts on the subject spent a week in Copenhagen bringing together and analyzing what went on and what was said during the many meetings that took place.


In this month’s edition of our newsletter, we are pleased to share with you the results of her work.


We would also like to take the opportunity to describe the services OTC Conseil offers and, of course, wish you the very best in 2010!


Fayna Lionet
OTC Conseil Americas

Ideas and Stakes in Copenhagen


Under cover of the now well-established scientific data, the international negotiations on climate change reveal the differences between energy policies, between the desire to benefit from the advantages of a common strategy and the risk of financial protectionism.

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The Copenhagen Accord: What It Tells Us


The international Copenhagen conference on climate change ended in the least ambitious result that anyone could have anticipated. It is not so much the fact that the “Copenhagen Accord”’ is a political declaration and, therefore, not binding that is really important.