US State Department Letter - Agrees with Copenhagen Accord CO2 Reduction Targets

The United States is pleased to inform you, through this letter, of its desire to be associated with the Copenhagen Accord. Attached please find the submission of the United States concerning its emissions reduction target, in the format set forth in Appendix 1 to the Copenhagen Accord, for compilation in accordance with paragraph 4 of the Accord. The U.S. listing is provided on the assumption that other Annex 1 Parties, as well as the more advanced non-Annex 1 parties, have, by January 31, associated with the Accord and submitted mitigation actions for compilation in accordance with paragraph 4 or paragraph 5 of the Accord, as the case may be.

We look forward to implementing the Accord, including those portions of the Accord that call for COP decisions.

Statement: Todd Stern on the United States Notification to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change of its Copenhagen Accord association and its emissions reduction target.

“The United States today officially announced its desire to associate with the Copenhagen Accord and submitted its emissions reduction target to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The U.S. submission reflects President Obama’s continued commitment to meeting the climate change and clean energy challenge through robust domestic and international action that will strengthen our economy, enhance our national security and protect our environment.

The Copenhagen Accord- the product of a collaborative effort by developed and developing countries- represents an important step forward by the global community to address climate change and mitigate its impacts.

Its critical provisions include undertakings to reduce emissions by all major economies, whether developed or developing; measures to ensure transparency in the implementation of those undertakings; and financing and technology support, targeted especially to the poorest and most vulnerable developing nations.

We expect that all major economies will honor their agreement in Copenhagen to submit their mitigation targets or actions as provided in the Accord. And we urge all other countries to convey to the Secretariat their desire to associate themselves with the Accord so that its landmark provisions can be implemented.

The United States is committed to working with our partners around the world to make the Accord operational and to continue the effort to build a strong, effective, science-based, global regime to combat the profound threat of climate change.”

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