Contraction and Convergence - Support

Support

C&C has wide support as shown here for example

The C&C aspect of the negotiations at COP-3 in Kyoto in 1997 was inconclusive

In 2004 in Milan at COP-9 the UNFCCC Executive, responding to a lack of progress with the 'Kyoto Protocol' negotiations, publicly said, "Stabilization inevitably requires “contraction and convergence” - slide 9: -

In 2009 the Hadley Centre agreed that the rates of C&C projected by GCI to keep within 2 degrees Celsius were better than those projected by the UK Government in its 'Climate Act'.

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