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I'm sure the fine people of Copenhagen are breathing a sigh of relief that their city has gone back to the tranquil place it normally is. And I'm also quite certain that the thousands who attended the climate treaty talks are also relieved to be back home for the holidays.
Our partners organizations have all had some time to reflect and reach a verdict on the outcome of the talks and while each of them has their own nuanced opinion, the overall verdict is clear: the outcome of the climate treaty talks failed to deliver the fair, ambitious and binding deal the world needs.
Here's what some of our partners have to say:
Greenpeace International: Copenhagen cop-out
Two years have passed since world leaders promised all of us a deal to stop climate change. After two weeks of UN negotiations, politicians breezed in, had dinner with the Queen, a three hour lunch, took some photos and then delivered what could only be described as the 24 hour Head of State tourist brochure of Copenhagen instead of a climate treaty.
1 Sky: World Leaders Fail to Deliver a Critically Needed Deal to Tackle Global Warming
As the United Nations climate change talks in Copenhagen staggered on, it became clear that they will conclude without reaching the bold and binding global agreement needed to stave off climate catastrophe. In response, 1Sky Campaign Director Gillian Caldwell called upon President Obama and the U.S. Senate to lead by ensuring the passage of bold and comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation as soon as possible.
Oxfam: UN climate negotiations need overhaul if we are to avoid 4 degrees warming
Stronger world leadership, a strict new timetable and relocation needed to secure a climate deal next year. The UN climate talks must be rescued from the shambles of Copenhagen by revolutionising the way the negotiations are carried out so that a deal can be delivered in 2010 and the chaos witnessed in Copenhagen is never repeated.
Avaaz: This summit didn't change the world. Summits usually don't. But this movement will.
In Copenhagen, leaders didn't make history—but the world's people did. A year of unprecedented action on climate change reached unimagined heights in the last two weeks: thousands upon thousands of vigils, rallies, and protests; floods of phone calls and messages sent; millions of petition signatures—all calling for the fair, ambitious, and binding climate treaty we still need and still will win.
WWF: Copenhagen: half-baked and unclear
The UN climate talks in Copenhagen were inches away from total failure, and ended with an outcome far too weak to tackle dangerous climate change. Here's our final verdict...
Photo courtesy of Mik Hartwell.