Myth vs. Reality on the Copenhagen Climate Summit

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Myth vs. Reality on the Copenhagen Climate Summit
A look at the facts on the Ground at the U.N. Climate Conference

Myth #1: Copenhagen is already a failure. Instead of a binding agreement we’ll end up with a political deal that gets us nowhere.

Reality: We are on schedule at Copenhagen to complete the first of a two-step negotiating process designed to finish a new international agreement well in advance of the end of the first commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.

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Myth #2: The United States is doing little to stop climate pollution and has fallen out of step with the emissions reductions targets of other developed countries.

Reality: The administration has endorsed the same 2050 reduction targets as our allies and the present proposals for 2020 emissions reductions in the American Clean Energy and Security Act and the Boxer-Kerry Senate bill—in conjunction with complementary measures—will meet the ambitions of other developed countries.

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http://climateprogress.org/2009/12/10/myth-vs-reality-on-the-copenhagen-climate-summit/