Editorial: David King: No cause for climate despair
What hope is there for a deal on climate change based on science? The answer seems to be “not much”.
Climate negotiators meeting over the past two weeks in Bonn, Germany, enjoyed a new spirit of bonhomie as they worked to heal the rifts created by the failure of UN talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, last December. At the close of talks on 11 June, they believed they were back on track to deliver a new climate agreement by the end of 2011.
But diplomatic harmony has come at a price: sacrificing…
