Here is the text of the Copenhagen Accord , the potical agreement countries agreed upon and of which the Conference of the Parties "took note".
Some official comments all agreeing on the fact that the Copenhagen Accord represents a first step:
- UNFCCC Press Release, 19.12.2009. "We now have a package to work with and begin immediate action. However, we need to be clear that it is a letter of intent and is not precise about what needs to be done in legal terms. So the challenge is now to turn what we have agreed politically in Copenhagen into soemthing real, measurable and verifiable" said UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer.
- European Commission and Swedish Presidency of the EU, Cautious Step forward in Copenhagen (text as of 19 December) and press conference video. "Let us speak plainly, I would have liked more. This will not solve the threat of climate change, but it is a first step, an important step" Swedish Prime Minister Reinfeldt. And similarly, President Barroso said: "This agreement is better than none at all, but it is clearly below our objective.... But it is a first step in a very important process."
- The US White House Blog page on the Copenhagen summit, with full texts of President Obama, A Breakthrough in Copenhagen. "We need more work, more confidence building between emerging economies, the least developed countries and developed coutnries before another legally binding treaty can be signed" he said.
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