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Magrini, Marco
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4 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
World becomes more multilateral
Ultimately the low expectations for the UN climate summit in Cancún were what prevented it from failing, writes the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore: "The summit will certainly not go down in history, because the compromise neither introduces a radical change in the global energy system, nor does it reassure the worried scientists and academics. The world is not saved, but appearances are. ... In Copenhagen hopes were high for a new international agreement that would bring on board the emerging nations that aren't obliged by the Kyoto Protocol to cut their greenhouse gases. And so the summit choked on its own ambitious goals. Conversely, a lack of ambition has saved the Cancún summit from being a failure. ... The world will get a bit warmer, but it's also getting a bit more multilateral."
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China goes green
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki moon has opened the final phase of the World Climate Conference on Tuesday with an urgent appeal. China could be the ray of sunshine at this year's conference, the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore writes: "For years China was the guest of stone at the international climate conferences; because the Kyoto Protocol wasn't binding for Beijing it refused to promise to reduce its emissions. In Cancún the climate expert of the Chinese foreign ministry Huang Huikang surprised everyone by declaring his country's willingness to submit to binding targets. His words were like a ray of sunshine on the foggy Mexican summit. ... For lack of American leadership here it is now up to Beijing to assume the master's role. ... There won't be a binding agreement in Cancún like in Kyoto. ... But the way could be opened for a historical agreement in South Africa in 2011. This became slightly more probable today because the stone-faced Chinese guest has finally taken a seat - at the head of the table."
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A difficult balancing act
In the dispute over data control on Blackberry smartphones, the Canadian producer Research in Motion (RIM) will have to balance the interests of governments with those of business people, the business paper Il Sole 24 Ore writes: "The Canadian company RIM is ultimately giving in to Riyadh. ... Data traffic ... will no longer go through the Canadian server as with all other Blackberrys in the world, but through a server in Saudi Arabia into which the Saudis can poke their nose. In all probability RIM will make a similar deal with the United Arab Emirates. Because can the company ... afford to lose two such markets? Under the pressure of the stock markets the answer is without doubt no. So it has agreed to a compromise. ... Because all the trouble with the Blackberrys has revolved around the fact that so far no one else could read the messages. ... Now RIM has a problem. It needs to appease the governments without intimidating the business people who form the hard core of its over 40 million customers."
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Rethinking the UN Climate Convention
In a surprise move the UN climate chief Yvo de Boer announced his resignation on Thursday. The business paper Il Sole 24 Ore sees this as an opportunity to rethink the role of UN climate secretary: "No one had reckoned with this decision right now, although it would have been understandable two months ago after the failure of the Copenhagen climate conference. … Yvo de Boer has not walked out and slammed the door, but his farewell words speak clearly of his frustration. On the day after the Danish summit at which the interests of the rich world clashed with those of the poor world, many talked of the need for the the UN Climate Convention itself and its mechanisms to be revised. Now this may actually happen."
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