哥本哈根气候大会
Copenhagen Summit
[ 2010-06-03 17:25 ]
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 December and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (COP/MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.
The conference was preceded by the Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions scientific conference, which took place in March 2009 and was also held at the Bella Center. The negotiations began to take a new format when in May 2009 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon attended the World Business Summit on Climate Change in Copenhagen, organised by the Copenhagen Climate Council (COC), where he requested that COC councillors attend New York's Climate Week at the Summit on Climate Change on 22 September and engage with heads of government on the topic of the climate problem.
哥本哈根世界气候大会全称是《联合国气候变化框架公约》缔约方第15次会议,于2009年12月7日—18日在丹麦首都哥本哈根召开。12月7日起,192个国家的环境部长和其他官员们在哥本哈根召开联合国气候会议,商讨《京都议定书》一期承诺到期后的后续方案,就未来应对气候变化的全球行动签署新的协议。这是继《京都议定书》后又一具有划时代意义的全球气候协议书,毫无疑问,对地球今后的气候变化走向产生决定性的影响。这是一次被喻为“拯救人类的最后一次机会”的会议。会议将在现代化的Bella中心举行,为期两周。
根据2007年在印尼巴厘岛举行的第13次缔约方会议通过的《巴厘路线图》的规定,今年年末在哥本哈根召开的第15次会议将努力通过一份新的《哥本哈根议定书》,以代替2012年即将到期的《京都议定书》。考虑到协议的实施操作环节所耗费的时间,如果《哥本哈根议定书》不能在今年的缔约方会议上达成共识并获得通过,那么在2012年《京都议定书》第一承诺期到期之后,全球将没有一个共同文件来约束温室气体的排放。这将导致人类遏制全球变暖的行动遭到重大挫折。也因为这个原因,本次会议被广泛视为是人类遏制全球变暖行动最后的一次机会。
基于现实困境,各国政府、非政府组织、学者、媒体和民众都高度关注本次哥本哈根世界气候大会,哥本哈根的议题在近一年来一直是各大国际外交场合的重点议题。美国总统奥巴马和中国国家主席胡锦涛已经多次就此话题表态。而中美两国对气候变化议题的态度一直都是全球媒体的关注重点。
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