Climate:

UNFCCC's Zammit Cutajar discusses prospects for int'l agreement in Copenhagen

What does the House's passage of the Waxman-Markey climate bill mean for international negotiations? Will a detailed agreement be reached in Copenhagen, Denmark this December? During today's OnPoint, Michael Zammit Cutajar, chairman of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change's Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-Term Cooperative Action, explains how the United States' legislative progress will affect the Copenhagen meeting. He discusses the importance of engagement between China and the United States and explains whether the goals for the Copenhagen meeting have changed as a result of the economic downturn.