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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