Introduction
Malaysia’s has been a vocal voice of developing countries in all COP meetings and negotiation.

Critical Analysis
Malaysia’s approach toward a “common but differentiated responsibility” is rather holistic and in compliance with ASEAN spirit and ASEAN CHARTER.

This is rather different when compared with the US approach along this framework of working reference.

India, China and the majority of developing countries have contributed tremendously toward the targets set in the 1st Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol. The irony is the fact that developed countries have not performed their parts as agreed under the initial 1st Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol 1997.

Conclusion
Developed countries unfortunately made not made significant achievement and performance as agreed according to the 1st Commitment Period.

Perhaps, there will be positive development at the next COP-18.

As far as the government of Malaysia is concerned, COP-18 will be a redefinition and a transformation of a legal binding document for climate change paradigm.

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Jeong Chun Phuoc
Expert Consultant at a major law firm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
and a Lecturer-in-Law
and a pioneer advocate in Competitive Legal Intelligence(CLI)
and a Reader in Syariah Competitive Legal Intelligence(sCLI)
He can be reached at Jeongphu@yahoo.com

**The above professional analysis is the writer’s personal view and in no way represent the view/position of the research institutes/thinktanks/organisations to which he is currently attached to.