Negotiating a new UN climate agreement : challenges for the Paris climate change conference : in-depth analysis

This document aims to give an overview of the ongoing negotiations aimed at concluding a new international legally binding agreement on climate change by December 2015. The document describes the current climate change agreements and summarises the state of negotiations. Furthermore, it analyses the elements of the new proposal and the Parties' negotiating positions as they have developed in the run-up to the conference, and outlines the challenges facing EU climate diplomacy.