The phrase "agreement rich" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in a context discussing the abundance or depth of agreements, but it is not commonly recognized.
Example: "The negotiations were agreement rich, leading to a comprehensive contract that satisfied both parties."
Alternatives: "abundant in agreements" or "rich in agreements."
The agreement was rich in paradox, leaving many Apple-watchers shaking their heads in amazement.
Developing countries are calling for commitments beyond 2020 in the Paris agreement but rich nations are reluctant to make firm promises, in part due to budget uncertainties.
They want agreement that rich countries would offer to liberalise trade in more than 80% of service industries while developing countries should make offers in half.
Kyoto protocol: The only agreement committing rich countries to reduce emissions is the Kyoto protocol, whose first commitment period ends next year.
But to get an agreement means rich countries, especially, must try to rebuild confidence and that means committing money and being prepared to compromise and make sacrifices.
However, concerns remain about other sections of the draft agreement as rich countries and developed nations clashed over how responsibility for tackling climate change should be shared between them.
Indeed, an annexe to the Kyoto agreement allows rich countries to pay poor ones to do just that, instead of cutting their own emissions, although oddly there is no incentive not to cut the trees down in the first place.
AMID the wreckage of the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit, an agreement that rich countries would, by 2020, furnish developing ones with $100 billion a year to help them mitigate and adapt to global warming looked like a rare achievement.
He suggested that though China would be part of a new agreement, only rich countries would actually be bound by it.China's allies in Durban appear to be as perplexed as anyone by this.
