Behind the Scenes – Quote of the Day
Posted by cdchase on December 10, 2009 | No Comments
“Will the deal be a good enough deal? They are heading toward doing something and no one who is party to is it going to want to say it’s a bad deal, even if it is.”
Background
Momentum is building for a deal – Obama’s attendance raises the pressure to complete something. But will it be a good enough deal? Whatever is done, they won’t say it’s a bad deal. But that’s the concern on the floor today where negotiations have been suspended except for private efforts by the Secretariat to pull the parties back to the official table.
Private drafts of possible outcomes assessing the level of greenwashing are circulating along with what to do if the deal isn’t “good enough.”
As readers may know, the science is telling us we need to do more while the politics is careening toward whatever can be got. I don’t see the US talking about how much is really enough because too many in the Senate don’t even think there’s any problem. A Republican delegation is headed here to make waves about how this is really a scam to get US taxpayers to foot the bill. Meanwhile, the physics of climate change does not negotiate at all. Silly humans.
cdc from COP15
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