Climate Gridlock Frustrating Envoys at UN Talks in Doha
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International efforts to curb global warming are moving so slowly that that delegates from both rich nations and poorer ones are expressing frustration with the process.
“I don’t see as much public interest for governments to take on more ambitious and more courageous decisions,” Christiana Figueres, the diplomat organizing two weeks of United Nations climate-change talks in Doha, said at a briefing yesterday. “Each one of us needs to assume responsibility. It’s not just about national governments. It’s about individuals. It’s about civil society.”