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Connie Hedegaard just resigned as President of the UN climate talks here in Copenhagen. The Danish Prime Minister to take over.
Did we predict this to happen? Not exactly, though the move is general procedure here at the United Nations. It seems that it is the number of Heads of State that pushed this decision, which makes it more appropriate for the PM to negotiate.)
The pressing worry of the coming days here is that the negotiators who have been involved in this for years are now stepping back and letting politicians make the decisions, with a politician running the talks. The experts are on the sidelines.
The brilliant part of this is that negotiations and consultations — for the first time — are being done on every single level of government. It’s remarkable. Leaders, ministers, negotiators, etc.
It’s all hands on deck – now, to sink or to sail?
