No major meeting on global governance, as in the case of the Conference of the Parties (COP), can be formally considered a political failure, at least by the participants. Even less if it is a milestone in the history of the COP like the one that took place in Copenhagen. It was billed as the largest climate summit, with the largest ever representation, 190 state parties, 130 of which had their heads of state in attendance, and a record of assistance with staff numbers close to a total of 27,000. However, the Conference failed to generate consensus and produce the long-awaited political element to succeed the Kyoto Protocol. Contrary to what was expected, and only after many late-hour informal-informal sessions, the Summit's conclusion came with a weak document and no binding commitments: the Copenhagen Agreement. Several elements of that “less than successful” experience towards global progress towards a solution to climate change will have to be taken into account, while introducing a parallel with Paris 2015. The similarities are striking, the hope of millions of people is now focused on the post 2020 agreements, the results of the event to be held in the French capital. And it is only by taking past experience as a lesson learned and directing negotiations towards a new framework that is effective, but also inclusive and able to take into account some individual compromises towards a global solution, that failure will not be repeated. history in France. For this answer, I will discuss the elements within the UNFCCC – COP framework, understanding that the status quo of climate change negotiations will not be significantly different over the next year and a half. Solving the challenge definitively will also… middle of paper… limits have been proposed, but in terms of intensity targets (based on emissions/GDP) and not total emissions. Significant effort must be put into changing this vision to one that enables every country to act. An incremental proposal, similar to the model implemented in the Montreal Protocol, where all countries should not be expected to commit to emissions reductions identically or bear the same economic burden, in initial terms, due to significant differences in socioeconomic development among countries, could have strength to solve this problem. A Proposal for Action Addressing climate change requires not only a better global framework, but perhaps rethinking the broader overall issue. Does the UNFCCC framework proposed in the early 1990s, in a different global dynamic, work? Or a new global governance structure is needed.