During the second week of the meeting, it became clear that there were four main areas of contention. In climate jargon, these were: sinks, supplemen

The stage seemed set for another climate meeting to serve the economic interests of the US better than the threat of global warming

Climate change negotiations get emotional because carbon dioxide emissions are closely related to individual lifestyles and to national economies. For instance, the per capita GHG emissions of one US citizen were equal to those of 19 Indians in 1996

To energise the biodiversity convention, the world will have to first deal with difficult countries like the US