A growing number of observers are downplaying expectations for the climate summit which kicked off in Durban on Monday.
Some Greenlanders had high expectations for the climate conference in Copenhagen, but after that disappointment few hold out much hope that the conference in Cancún, which begins tomorrow, will lead to an effective global response to climate change.
- To hear more from Mary Robinson on expectations for the Climate Summit 2014, and to ask her questions, join us for a live online debate on September 15: http://www.trust.org/spotlight/climatesummit2014/ (Editing by Laurie Goering and Belinda Goldsmith: [email protected]).
There's also some concern that administration officials have been downplaying expectations for getting a climate bill passed in the US by the end of the year, and the prospects for reaching a global deal in Copenhagen – even though climate envoy Todd Stern was given a hero's welcome at his negotiation debut in March.
Progress to date, key problems still to be addressed and upcoming new approaches to the measurement task are briefly reviewed, and expectations for the Mars Climate Sounder experiment on the 2005 Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter are described.
One year ago, the two presidents raised expectations for the 2015 climate summit when they made joint pledges to cap and reduce emissions over the coming decades.
Using various plausible cropland suitability maps and cellular allocation processes consistent with basic economic theory and broad expectations for changes in climate, technology, population and consumer preferences, we could create several global maps of LULC that might meet such a goal and calculate each projection's impact on ecosystem service and habitat provision.
Expectations for next month's climate summit have been buoyed by fruitful talks held last year in Beijing, where China pledged to bring its emissions to a peak "around 2030", and the US said it would cut its emissions by 26-28% of their 2005 level by 2025.
Learn more about Greenpeace expectations for the upcoming COP22 climate conference in Morocco here.
Expectations for the next international climate negotiations, to be held in Mexico at the end of 2010, are already low, and yesterday Yvo de Boer, the United Nations' top climate negotiator, said he would step down this summer and join the private sector.
