Nations 'Rewriting Climate Plan'
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 30
No. 12,
December 2010
He says this confuses negotiations between more than 190 nations that have started this week in Cancun, Mexico.
The meeting began last week amid low expectations
The number of heads of state expecting to attend the climate meeting is just 20, compared to the 120 who turned up at the Copenhagen summit.
This year's conference opened on Monday 29 November with marked divisions between industrialised and developing countries.
In an exclusive interview to BBC News, Mr de Boer - who has taken up the role of climate adviser at KPMG consulting - said the agreement reached after a tough two weeks of negotiations in Bali, 2007 should be implemented "loyally" or abandoned for "something new". Read the full report here.
Source: by Eric Brücher Camara, BBC Brasil environment reporter, BBC News, UK.
