1、CRS InsightsClimate Summit 2014: Warm-Up for 2015Jane A. Leggett, Specialist in Energy and Environmental Policy (jaleggettcrs.loc.gov, 7-9525)September 22, 2014 (IN10153)On September 23, more than 120 Heads of State and Governments, as well as business, religious,community, and civil society leaders
2、, will gather in New York City for Climate Summit 2014. TheSummit is hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and branded as an event togalvanize and catalyze climate action. The meeting comes two months before the next meeting of theConference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nation
3、s Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)the COPs last full session before it is due to agree, by the end of 2015, on measures toaddress climate change in the post-2020 period. Nations agreed to announce their contributions to thisnew agreement in the first quarter of 2015. The U.S. Departmen
4、t of State outlined on September 18 itsproposal for certain elements of the negotiations, including a due-date of 2025 for GHG reductions andequal clarity from Parties about their differentiated mitigation contributions.While President Obama plans to speak at the Summit, a number of key Heads of Sta
