Hi folks, as always your rapid response has been extremely helpful. Here's a compilation of answers to my query. Just as an aside, I'm trying to incorporate the evaluation of sources into most of my courses and I'm hoping that something controversial like this will add to our conversation on newspapers/journalists as well as our discussions on strategy in the negotiation of international environmental agreements.
Thanks much, dgwebster Hi, similar accounts have been popping up all over the place, and it's unlikely that Mark Lynas would be lying. Some sources have gone beyond that, i.e. this report by the German Marshall Fund: http://www.gmfus.org/publications/article.cfm?id=867 According to them (and a few other sources I've read), these Chinese were probably also responsible for leaking the so-called 'Danish text' in the first few days of the conference. All this is, of course, based on informal sources, hence impossible to prove beyond doubt. Best, Hannes - Show quoted text - On 25/03/2010 18:09, DG Webster wrote: > - Show quoted text - > Can anyone confirm or deny the allegations in this report? I'm thinking > of using it in one of my classes, so any supporting/denying evidence > would be much appreciated. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas > > thanks, > dgwebster > > -- > D.G. Webster > Assistant Professor > Environmental Studies Program > Dartmouth College > 6182 Steele Hall > Hanover, NH 03755 > phone: 603-646-0213 > http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/faculty/webster.html<http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eenvs/faculty/webster.html> > <http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eenvs/faculty/webster.html> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > gep-ed+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > "REMOVE ME" as the subject. > -- ------------------------------ Without commenting on the accuracy of his account, some of the criticism I've heard of the author is the multiple roles he is playing and mixing roles of government delegate, advocate, and journalist. Lynas is an advisor to the Maldives and was in the room as a member of their delegation. It raises interesting questions about legitimate voice (Small Island States) and who is speaking for them (parallel to follow, or get out of the way admonition to the US that got all the play in Bali said by American born spokesman for Papau New Guinea Kevin Conrad). Related to the substance of the argument, Cleo Paskal and Scott Savit have an interesting geopolitical take to explain the negotiation dynamics that places a heavy emphasis on Chinese and Indian motivations and strategies - http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2010/01/guest-contributors-cleo-paskal-and.html Best, Geof ****************************** *********** Geoffrey D. Dabelko Director Environmental Change and Security Program Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004-3027 Tel. 202 691-4178 Fax. 202 691-4184 Email [email protected] Web http://www.wilsoncenter.org/ecsp New Security Beat Blog http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com Hi, These press reports offer alternative explanations for what happened in Copenhagen, and could balance Lynas’ view of what happened: *Blame Denmark, not China, for Copenhagen failure* http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/28/copenhagen-denmark-china[Accessed 10 February 2010] Martin Khor <http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/martin-khor> guardian.co.uk <http://www.guardian.co.uk/>, Monday 28 December 2009 12.11 GMT *China alleges diplomatic snub at Copenhagen summit* The Herald (Monterey County) http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_14672589?nclick_check=1 The Associated Press Posted: 03/13/2010 08:02:44 PM PST Updated: 03/13/2010 10:02:57 PM PST I was forwarded your request on commenting on Lynas's article on Copenhegen. Here is an article I wrote for The Chinabeat, a scholarly blog on China, which might be helpful. In addition, the Chinese premire reiterated recently that he was not invited to the meetings and still waiting for an explanation. http://www.thechinabeat.org/?p=1298 best -- Yu ZHOU Professor of Geography Chair Department of Earth Science and Geography Vassar College Tel: 845-437-5543 Fax: 845-437-7577 E-mail: [email protected] http://earthscienceandgeography.vassar.edu/faculty_staff/zhou.html On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:09 PM, DG Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone confirm or deny the allegations in this report? I'm thinking of > using it in one of my classes, so any supporting/denying evidence would be > much appreciated. > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas > > thanks, > dgwebster > > -- > D.G. Webster > Assistant Professor > Environmental Studies Program > Dartmouth College > 6182 Steele Hall > Hanover, NH 03755 > phone: 603-646-0213 > http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/faculty/webster.html<http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eenvs/faculty/webster.html> > > > > Hi DG, South Center's Martin Khor has a totally different view: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/28/copenhagen-denmark-china . I find Benito Muller's analysis useful: http://www.oxfordenergy.org/pdfs/EV49.pdf. Tapani - Show quoted text - On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:09 PM, DG Webster <[email protected]> wrote: > - Show quoted text - > Can anyone confirm or deny the allegations in this report? I'm thinking of > using it in one of my classes, so any supporting/denying evidence would be > much appreciated. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas > > thanks, > dgwebster > > -- > D.G. Webster > Assistant Professor > Environmental Studies Program > Dartmouth College > 6182 Steele Hall > Hanover, NH 03755 > phone: 603-646-0213 > http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/faculty/webster.html<http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eenvs/faculty/webster.html> > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gep-ed+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- Tapani Vaahtoranta Programme Director, PhD Dar es Salaam Institute for Sustainable Development Sasatel House, Plot 251, Toure Drive P.O. Box 107535, Msasani Peninsula Dar es Salaam, Tanzania +255 774 496 330 and have also a look at this: http://www.gmfus.org/publications/article.cfm?id=867. I start reading it right now. I was in Copenhagen as part of the delegation of Tuvalu and you may be interested in an interview I did with the Worldwatch Institute < http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6360> <http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6360>which gives a brief response to the Guardian Article. Apologies for self promotion, I am also a PhD scholar and part-time lecturer at the Australian National University which may explain why I am on the gep-ed list. More than happy to discuss this further with anyone who is interested. regards Ian Fry While I think this is interesting speculation, I’m not sure I buy it. In the end, India has made it clear that it wasn’t intending to commit itself to binding mandates in a post-Kyoto regime, and the intensity target that it established was substantially lower than that of China. At the end of the day, I’m not sure that the machinations of China or the U.S. really mattered in terms of the positions that India held in Copenhagen, and if anything, it’s opposition to a strong verification mechanism was stronger than China’s. wil * * *Dr. Wil Burns, Editor in Chief*** *Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy*** *1702 Arlington Blvd.*** *El Cerrito, CA 94530 USA* *Ph: 650.281.9126* *Fax: 510.779.5361* *[email protected]* <[email protected]> *http://www.jiwlp.com* <http://www.jiwlp.com/>** *SSRN site (selected publications): **http://ssrn.com/author=240348*<http://ssrn.com/author=240348> ** *Skype ID: Wil.Burns* ** * * -- D.G. Webster Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Program Dartmouth College 6182 Steele Hall Hanover, NH 03755 phone: 603-646-0213 http://www.dartmouth.edu/~envs/faculty/webster.html<http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eenvs/faculty/webster.html> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to gep-ed+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
