UN Summit on Climate Change in Paris – Destined to Fail or Succeed?

... negative impacts. Current INDCs therefore fall short of the temperature target of 2 degrees, and bridging this gap will be one of the issues to be discussed in Paris. Main elements of a Paris package REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Alina Yablokova: Russia at COP21: An Opportunity to Reengage with the West At this point, there is no clarity on a legal form of a Paris outcome. The formal negotiation mandate suggests a cryptic choice between “a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under ...