A Community of the Willing: How Europe and the South can lead the World’s response to Climate Change. 4th edition

The scientific consensus is that greenhouse gas emissions need to be cut by 60% by mid-century and 80% by its end to avoid catastrophic damage. Yet global emissions are still rising, with the world's largest emitter, the United States, unwilling to act. Even if the Kyoto Protocol is implemented, global emissions will still rise by 30% over 1990 levels in the next ten years. A new strategy is needed to solve the crisis so that political action keeps pace with the accelerating juggernaut of climate change.

This paper proposes that strategy. It envisages the European Union and key developing countries taking the lead in co-creating a "community of the willing" based on equity, solidarity and shared responsibility.

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