Climategate Copenhagen just wont go away

The Danish climategate controversy keeps unfolding. Latest buzz from the UK Guardian refers to a leaked letter from outgoing UN climate chief Yvo de Boer to colleagues, castigating the Danish leadership for reneging on key policy positions carefully negotiated in the two years leading up to the COP15. The Danes, thanks to their infamous “Danish Text” – which was Denmark’s under-the-table draft resolution for the conference- are now accused of collusion with the USA and developed states to undermine the COP15 agenda.
If the letter is genuine, they are guilty of discarding pre-negotiated commitments to poorer states, suggesting the provision of loans rather than grants to them for climate mitigation activities, and generally behaving like the witch at the climate wedding. Rather unbecoming of a summit host, InnocentInk dares to think. Something rotten, again, in the climate change department of official Denmark.

You can see the full Guardian story here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/may/30/copenhagen-climate-talks-united-nations-letter

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