Taking Stock Of Cancun

It ended on a far more upbeat note than was anticipated even as late as midway through the two-week conference. The main achievement of the Cancun meet has been, as UNFCCC secretary-general Christiana Figueres emphasised, to restore some degree of faith in the multilateral process. A good deal of the credit for securing a qualified positive outcome at Cancun must go to the Mexican presidency of the Committee of Parties in the person of Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa Cantellano. Read the full report here.

Source: T. Jayaraman, The Hindu, Cancun.