Copenhagen silence on marine pollution

The Copenhagen climate change summit failed to reach a legally binding agreement, and instead merely took a ‘decision to note’ a non-binding accord, reports UK law firm Clyde & Co LLP. The Accord has since been widely criticised, not least for failing to include even aspirational targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.

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The Copenhagen climate change summit failed to reach a legally binding agreement, and instead merely took a ‘decision to note’ a non-binding accord, reports UK law firm Clyde & Co LLP. The Accord has since been widely criticised, not least for failing to include even aspirational targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.