
Mark Brooks is an independent journalist based in Montreal. He posts commentary and interviews on environmental and economics issues at markbrooks.ca.
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Magazine
The battle for the atmosphere
December 2009’s Copenhagen climate summit fell far short of expectations. Explanations for the failure to reach a legally binding, fair and ambitious agreement to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions are legion but, in the end, the summit produced little more than the hastily negotiated Copenhagen Accord, a face-saving effort that does not commit nations to any binding emission reduction targets.