Climate change professionals expect Europe to demonstrate leadership at UN summit
Date:
16.12.2009
Description:
Toronto, 16 December 2009– A global survey has found that professionals involved in making decisions that have implications for climate change are calling for Europe to take a leadership stance in negotiations in Copenhagen, where leaders from around the world are meeting for a major UN climate conference (COP15).
When asked what role they expect six different
countries or groups of countries will play at the
Copenhagen climate talks, 80 percent say they most
expect Europe to play a leadership role in setting
ambitious targets at the conference. China, Brazil, India,
Russia, and the US are expected to play a more
moderate role at the conference, with about half or more
of respondents indicating that they expect these
countries to support only gradual action to address
climate change. Few climate change professionals
expect these countries to lead, and between two and
four out of ten predict that they will not agree to an
agreement that limits emissions.
These and other findings from a worldwide survey of
almost 800 professionals involved in decisions that have
an impact on climate change were released today by
GlobeScan. Experts surveyed work in all public, private,
and voluntary sectors in more than 100 countries.
