SAMIT U KOPENHAGENU – USPEH ILI RAZOČARENjE?

Čavoški Aleksandra (Ванредни професор на Правном факултету Универзитета Унион у Београду),

The author outlined the main outcomes of the Copenhagen climate summit in order to assess its positive and negative sides. Although the summit was to result in legally binding treaty as a subsequent step within the UN climate talks, it seemed that its results put in question the further efforts in preventing the emission of greenhouse gases. The lack of reaching this legally binding document was the main disappointment of the summit, although some argue that for the first time the summit brought together 110 world leaders, among which were the US and China representatives. The agreement to hold the increase in global temperature below 2 degrees Celsius, to establish a Copenhagen Green Climate Fund as well as the REED and REED-plus, and to mobilize significant financial assistance to poorer countries are perceived as the main positive results of the agreed accord.

Keywords: Copenhagen Summit, Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, emission, greenhouse effect gases, agreement, mitigation measures, Fund for Prevention of Greenhouse Effect Gases, REED and REED plus