Although we are unlikely to see a binding agreement on CO2 at COP16, the meeting in Cancun need not be fruitless.
Participants have an opportunity to discuss a replacement to Kyoto and reduction strategies for non-CO2 emissions. It is also possible to make progress on several fronts including aid for developing countries, technology transfer and a plan to protect forests.
It is realistic to believe that although we will not see a binding agreement in 2010, Cancun could also deliver something that goes further than the pledges in the Copenhagen Accord.
Most agree that COP16 could lay the foundation for a binding agreement in South Africa at the end of 2011.
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