Janos Pasztor, director of the U.N. Secretary General's climate change support team has said that governments will reach an agreement in Copenhagen but a binding international agreement may be delayed if Congress failed to pass a climate bill before that, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Pasztor was quoted as saying: "The fact that we cannot come to a conclusion on the legally binding treaty at Copenhagen doesn't mean that we're lowering the bar. Governments will reach an agreement in Copenhagen on the key issues."
In order to get a binding international agreement, the U.S. has to commit to an emissions target and financing package without which the developing nations may not agree to any other conditions. There is a plan to send to Copenhagen an outline of legislation under discussion in the Senate by a group of lawmakers supportive of capping GHG emissions.
