Contrary to the words of politicians, Copenhagen Accord is a political failure and will not save us from catastrophic results of climate change - it is a summary of Climate Coalition’s opinion about the climate summit in Copenhagen.     

According to Climate Coalition, for the time being, the draft of the agreement that was presented this morning at the climate conference in Copenhagen is merely a collection of meaningless political declarations. If the proposed form of the agreement is finally approved during COP15, there would be no chance to keep global temperature rise below the level of 2degC. The document presented this morning neither contains any specific figures concerning greenhouse gases reduction, nor determines time     

According to Climate Coalition, President Barack Obama’s speech at the Climate Conference sounded pretty, but it lacked content. The United States did not change its previous position. Contrary to what everybody had expected, it was not a speech that could have brought about major breakthrough in the negotiations.     

The atmosphere is heating up during the climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Behind the scenes as well as openly, country representatives accuse one another of blocking the process and lack of ambitious proposals. There is 1.5 day left until the end of the conference, however the negotiators still repeat their statements and add or remove brackets from the texts, and the leaders make smooth speeches.     

Today in the late afternoon Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has just arrived to Copenhagen to participate in the crucial phase of the climate summit, has met with the representatives of Polish non-governmental organizations that are members of Climate Coalition. During the meeting they were talking among others about the Coalition’s demand for the EU to unconditionally increase its emission reduction target from 20 to 30%. Other issues discussed concerned the problem of surplus of assigned     

Analysis of the first week of the climate negotiations in Copenhagen allows to create an interesting picture of the game that is taking place among different parties. There is a lot at stake as it is the fate of the agreement which can be the world’s only chance for effective fight against climate change.