Dear Rado,
Thanks for the insider view. As a Mexican academic who lives and works
abroad, it's very heartening to hear that Mexico has taken a leadership
role in these climate negotiations. For a long while, I saw Mexican
climate policy lagging behind other countries in North America, so I'm
absolutely delighted about Mexico catching up and even playing a
leadership role.
Thanks,
Raul
On 10/12/2010 10:22 PM, Radoslav Dimitrov wrote:
Dear friends and colleagues,
Surprisingly good news from the climate negotiations in Cancun. After
a 48-hour marathon of intense negotiations, the conference is close to
adopting a global agreement. The new texts were released several hours
ago and contain a rather comprehensive deal including on mitigation in
both developing and developed countries, registry for developing
country actions, the Green Climate Fund and an international
adaptation framework. The deal is coming out of the blue, given the
low expectations from this round of negotiations.
Overwhelming applause here is almost constant, including three rounds
of standing ovation for the Mexican leadership. The new agreement is
supported by almost everyone, including the EU, US, Japan, China and
India (!!), African countries, the small island states and Saudi
Arabia Cuba openly opposed, and Venezuela asked for further
consultations. They managed to force the texts back into informals but
given the almost global support it would be difficult for them to
block the deal.
Regards,
Radoslav S. Dimitrov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Western Ontario
Social Science Centre
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 5C2
Tel. +1(519) 661-2111 ext. 85023
Fax +1(519) 661-3904
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