Robert N. Stavins of the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government assesses the Copenhagen Accord. He examines expectations leading up to the Copenhagen climate summit and explores procedural routes ahead.

In a Washington Post analysis, Anthony Faiola, Juliet Eilperin, and John Pomfret explain why the Copenhagen talks are an indication that a new world order may be forming with increasing power given to China.

David Corn and Kate Sheppard report on the varied reactions to President Obama's role in forming an agreement on climate change in Copenhagen.

This accord is the outcome of the the UN climate change conference held in Copenhagen from December 7-18, 2009. It is not a legally binding treaty. Among its points: attempting to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures.

"Who, when it comes crunch time, might walk away if they don't see the right deal?" asks Michael Levi referring to the climate change negotiations going on in Copenhagen.

We should not underestimate the importance of the European Union's committment to give about $10 Billion over three years in climate assistance to developing nations, writes Michael Levi.

With an eye on the numbers associated with emissions and climate change, Michael Levi writes that representatives at the Copenhagen conference ought to accept the United States' proposal for emissions cuts.

President Obama, a newly minted Nobel Peace Prize winner, now faces the daunting task of delivering on a range of challenges, especially nuclear nonproliferation and climate change, says CFR's Michael Levi.

Michael Levi defends the so-called "Danish text," pointing out that its practical and important aspects are getting lost in the midst of all the controversy surrounding it.

Michael Levi comments what the EPA's recent classification of greenhouse gases as a pollutant means for the Copenhagen Conference.

Proposals that any carbon tax in developing countries which falls below the one in the developed countries should be offset through other means like border taxes spring from fears that have no basis in economic analysis, write Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya.

Amity Shlaes argues that by raising the cost of production, an environmental treaty at Copenhagen could hurt youth employment.

Total CEO Christophe de Margerie says energy companies need firm direction from governments on how they should invest long term and urges global leaders to consider energy security along with the environment.

The UN conference on climate change that begins December 7 in Copenhagen is supposed to produce new targets for emissions reductions, but experts say major countries are at odds on the ultimate goal of a new framework. This backgrounder looks at some of their positions.

Michael Levi lays out five stories that could have a significant impact on the outcome of the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Listen to CFR's Michael A. Levi discuss priorities and challenges facing the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, with students, as part of CFR's Academic Conference Call series.

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If the objective of climate change policies is to be achieved, within a generation the way in which
energy is produced and used will have to have changed totally, write Antony Froggatt and Michael Levi.