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As we reported on Sunday, Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change Convention, has been urging countries to focus on process not substance. He wants countries to focus on ‘tools and instruments' here at Bali, and leave tough talk about targets for a later meeting. ‘A marriage contract is the culmination of a love affair,' he says, ‘not the topic of discussion on the first date.' Speaking for Climate Action Network Europe today, Matthias Dowe argued that we have moved far beyond the flush of first love. 'These parties have been dating for over fifteen years.' A dance for diplomatsComment...
Earlier this week, I caught up with Peter Goldmark, Program Director for Climate & Air at US NGO Environmental Defense. I asked him what he thought would be the major cleavage points of the Bali negotiations. This is Peter's headline analysis: Dumping on Kyoto‘Kyoto's failure haunts new U.N. talks.' ‘Time to ditch Kyoto.' These recent headlines have found a ready audience among those who have never liked the treaty. But has Kyoto really proved a let down? Or is it performing as advertised when it was agreed with great fanfare in 1997, and then ratified a little over 7 painful years later? China in the hot seatGeorge W Bush finds China's climate change policy hard to swallow, reports David Steven in our new Global Deal blog from Bali. Needling and Needing AmericaWhen the UN debates the big global issues, you can always trust the United States to be in the thick of the action.
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