COP24 Wrap Up
Post by: Anna McGinn
COP24 concluded on December 15, 2018 with agreement on a rulebook
that the parties will follow in order to implement the Paris Agreement. The
UMaine delegation had the opportunity to observe these tough negotiations which
provided substantial insight into the challenges negotiators face in bringing all
country positions together to the so-called landing zones of agreement.
If you are interested in exploring analysis on the outcome
of COP24, here are a couple articles I recommend:
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| COP24 concludes with a leap by the COP24 presidency. Photo credit: IISD/ENB | Kiara Worth |
IISD Reporting Services provides detailed reporting on
negotiations throughout all environmentally-related international negotiating
sessions. Here is their comprehensive
summary of COP24 which includes background on the COPs leading up to Katowice
and a breakdown of each of the final decisions coming out of COP24. This is a
technical and excellent source to understand these negotiating outcomes.
The World Resources Institute (WRI) has a shorter blog
post on COP24 outcomes which provides an overview of the negotiation
conclusions. Their analysis suggests that “after two bruising weeks of
negotiations, the world made just enough progress to set the Paris Agreement in
motion.”
Carbon Brief has a great and accessible analysis
of COP24 outcomes. The discussion is broken down by thematic area, so you can
search through the content for your areas of interest. For negotiating wonks,
Carbon Brief also has some fun data including how many brackets were in each iteration
of each text over the course of the two-week meeting.
The Climate Action Network, which is an umbrella organization
for many of the environmental NGOs at the COP, put out this
statement which highlights that, in their analysis, COP24 did not address the urgency of the
climate change challenge.
The US State Department released an official statement
on the conclusion of COP24. It shows you were they stand. As mentioned in previous posts, the US federal delegation was not the only US show in town. The US We Are Still
In coalition also had a strong presence as shown by their events held over the course of COP24.
Thanks so much for following along during our time in Poland! See you next year at
COP25 in Chile!
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