COP17 Climate Change Progress: Cause For Optimism
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 12,
December 2011
Commenting on the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) blog, La Viña feels that one should remain optimistic about progress made on climate change during COP17.
While acknowledging that there is some truth in skeptical comments such as "the agreement is too weak", "the governments have failed us again", "why don't they get it? Shame on them!" and "I have never seen a climate change agreement I have liked", La Viña warns that concluding that the Durban results are inadequate or even bad does not mean they should be rejected. "This explains why many countries, including our delegation from the Philippines [...] stated they were unhappy but still agreed to adopt the package," says La Viña. Read the full report here.
Source: Biz Community.com.
