Former UN climate hoax chief de Boer: Did I say I was optimistic when I left? I meant pessimistic

Ex-UN Climate Chief to AP: Talks Are Rudderless - ABC News

Yvo de Boer said he left his job as the U.N.'s top climate official in frustration 18 months ago, believing the process of negotiating a meaningful climate agreement was failing. His opinion hasn't changed.

"I still have the same view of the process that led me to leave the process," he told The Associated Press Sunday. "I'm still deeply concerned about where it's going, or rather where it's not going, about the lack of progress."

...De Boer said he spent the last 24 hours of the summit in "a very small and very smelly room" with about 20 prime ministers and presidents, but the time was not ripe for the hoped-for international treaty.

2010: Despite Rough Ride on Climate, Yvo de Boer Departs an Optimist by Elizabeth Kolbert: Yale Environment 360

As he prepares to leave his post at the end of June, de Boer — widely admired for his diplomatic skills and commitment to blunting the gathering threat of global warming — says he is not discouraged by the slow pace of talks to reduce emissions