Comments on: Copenfailure: a first analysis http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/12/19/copenfailure-a-first-analysis/ Global risks and how to respond to them, edited by Alex Evans and David Steven Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:49:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: C. Ellis http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/12/19/copenfailure-a-first-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-17669 C. Ellis Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:39:11 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=12535#comment-17669 Wonder what GD thinks of this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/21/copenhagen-failure-us-senate-vested-interests Basically, it claims that Barack Obama was playing to the US Senate, rather than to the world, at Copenhagen. i think i agree with it, although it pains me to acknowledge that our friends over the pond could be so manipulative or so unquestioningly, bare-facedly self-interested in regard to such a globally life-threatening matter. US: your insistence on 'liberty' is going to destroy us all. Wonder what GD thinks of this article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/21/copenhagen-failure-us-senate-vested-interests

Basically, it claims that Barack Obama was playing to the US Senate, rather than to the world, at Copenhagen.

i think i agree with it, although it pains me to acknowledge that our friends over the pond could be so manipulative or so unquestioningly, bare-facedly self-interested in regard to such a globally life-threatening matter.

US: your insistence on ‘liberty’ is going to destroy us all.

]]> By: Guy Edwards http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/12/19/copenfailure-a-first-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-17636 Guy Edwards Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:05:23 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=12535#comment-17636 Where did the EU go so wrong? And what can it do to repair its credibility for 2010 and the COP 16 in Mexico? Where did the EU go so wrong? And what can it do to repair its credibility for 2010 and the COP 16 in Mexico?

]]> By: Jules http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/12/19/copenfailure-a-first-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-17627 Jules Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:53:18 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=12535#comment-17627 So is the UN finished as the main agreement mechanism? So is the UN finished as the main agreement mechanism?

]]> By: Paul Currion http://www.globaldashboard.org/2009/12/19/copenfailure-a-first-analysis/comment-page-1/#comment-17614 Paul Currion Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:38:22 +0000 http://www.globaldashboard.org/?p=12535#comment-17614 Given the comments you made about positioning, is it likely that anybody is going to steer into the skid except the Maldives? Given the comments you made about positioning, is it likely that anybody is going to steer into the skid except the Maldives?

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