All participants in this conference have vital interests in its success and all will pay a price if the talks collapse
diametrically contradictory positions
Yet there was – and remains – an unassailable argument for seeking a just agreement between these opposed interests. Their divergence is more apparent than real, if only humanity could learn to take the real, that is, the science-based, projections for climate change seriously. The bottom line is that all participants in this conference have vital interests in its success, and will all suffer, albeit to different degrees in the short term, by its failure. True, there are a baffling myriad of political, economic and financial instruments requiring to be harmonised. True, the global context, from Trump’s election to the fatal distractions of intractable wars, cast very long and dark shadows.
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