Yvo De Boer: Climate change talks need greater clarity | RTCC - Responding to Climate Change
“Here we are in a process which has gone downhill in my mind at a pace that is absolutely stunning, and the very appropriate question to ask at this time is what we do about it,” he said.
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De Boer said a “stunning number” of climate negotiators had a “limited understanding” of the issues under discussion, and smaller teams were further hampered by the number of meetings they were required to attend. This could be exacerbated in Doha with delegates expected to take part in up to seven negotiating tracks.
Admitting that the pace of the negotiations could be sped up, De Boer reserved criticism for those those within the process who “benefit from confusion” despite appearing to be constructive, and who are “are actually working towards failure”.
He named no particular country or bloc, but this echoed recent comments by UK climate change minister Greg Barker, who said anyone wishing to experience the “dark arts of diplomacy” should visit a climate conference.
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In 2009 he spent a long night locked in an “increasingly smelly room” with leaders from China, South Africa, India, Brazil, UK and the USA, which resulted in the Copenhagen Accord.
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