Difference between revisions of "Climate Change Negotiations"
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9. Who are the members of a team representing a country at these negotiations?<br> | 9. Who are the members of a team representing a country at these negotiations?<br> | ||
10. Who will drive this more going forward?<br> China<br> | The team is generally a delegation consisting of politicians, diplomats, technical experts and they represent their country (European Union incase of Europe) in the negotiations. They are bound by a framework on which clauses to accept and reject based on the discussions they have had with their country (EU incase of Europe) leaders. | ||
10. Who will drive this more going forward?<br> | |||
There is no clear indication as to who would drive this discussion in Mexico (Nov 2010) and in future. One thought is that powerful countries such as USA or Europe may drive it and other thought is developing nations such as China and India may be the ones giving these negotiations a direction going forward<br> | |||
11. Role of corporations in the negotiations?<br> | 11. Role of corporations in the negotiations?<br> | ||
Role of corporations is never seen directly during the negotiations. These corportations generally work behind the scene and are very active particularly in developing nations. They generally try to influence the country delegations on which clauses of LCA to accept and which to reject based on the business benefits (or problems) they envisage. The other thought is that going forward these are the ones who would be majorly hit incase of any major disaster and thus may force their governments to act and act fast on climate change. | |||
12. Role of media?<br> | 12. Role of media?<br> | ||
Media is a big stakeholder in Climate Change negotiations and its role is critical. Recent coverage (almost real time) of Copenhagen summit and the ongoing coverage of BP oil spill in Gulf of Mexico is a clear indication that media will be involved and will guide the actions of the head of states during the negotiations. | |||
13. What other topics could switch public focus from climate change issue?<br> | 13. What other topics could switch public focus from climate change issue?<br> | ||