US PR Push At Doha Falling Flat With Developed, Developing World, Scientists, Young People, NGOs
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Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and now head of the Mary Robinson Foundation on Climate Justice, said Obama and his negotiators will have to step up their game. "It's clear that the U.S. is going to have to give real leadership on climate change," she said. "Because of the disappointment, there is expectation that Obama will now put climate change on the political agenda as a priority."
Prodipto Ghosh, head of the climate change task force with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, said he, too, hopes to see more from Obama's second term but hasn't seen any signs of stronger U.S. commitment in Doha.
"I have been following the negotiations for many, many years, and I have seen two administrations of the Republicans, and I have seen the Obama administration. In the negotiations, we find that the position of the U.S. has not changed one bit from the Republican administration," Ghosh said. "When we hear the present U.S. negotiators, we find no difference between what they say and what their predecessors said."
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Harjeet Singh, international coordinator for ActionAid, mocked the U.S. effort in Doha to talk up the work it has done to meet its Copenhagen target. "What is it that they want to get credit for?" Singh asked. "You look at all the streams of work here, and there is no progress. Just putting out those unambitious, flimsy numbers, they want to get credit? That's just funny."
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> In the negotiations, we find that the position of the U.S. has not changed one bit
> from the Republican administration"
>"When we hear the present U.S. negotiators, we find no difference between what they
> say and what their predecessors said."
