AFP, Geneva :
The detente achieved at UN talks that concluded with a framework for a world climate pact is only temporary, achieved by kicking the difficult decisions down the road, parties and observers say.
But it also generated a degree of optimism rarely observed in the tense process-a sense of common purpose which many hope will bolster negotiators in the months to come.
“I think this has been a very important meeting from a process point of view and a psychological point of view,” said Union of Concerned Scientists analyst Alden Meyer.
He pointed to broad consultations held with country representatives by the talks’ joint chairmen ahead of the six-day session in Geneva-one of four official meetings this year to prepare for the December conference in Paris that must adopt a universal climate pact.
The detente achieved at UN talks that concluded with a framework for a world climate pact is only temporary, achieved by kicking the difficult decisions down the road, parties and observers say.
But it also generated a degree of optimism rarely observed in the tense process-a sense of common purpose which many hope will bolster negotiators in the months to come.
“I think this has been a very important meeting from a process point of view and a psychological point of view,” said Union of Concerned Scientists analyst Alden Meyer.
He pointed to broad consultations held with country representatives by the talks’ joint chairmen ahead of the six-day session in Geneva-one of four official meetings this year to prepare for the December conference in Paris that must adopt a universal climate pact.
