BONN, Nov 24 (IPS) - International negotiations beginning Dec. 3 in Bali are
crucial for saving our planet from the devastating effects of global warming,
says Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Bali is “very much a make or a break”
opportunity, according to the UNFCCC chief who hails from the Netherlands. The
failure of government ministers and senior officials from around the world to
reach an agreement would result in “loss of faith in the UN process being
capable of delivering,” de Boer said. He also called upon developing countries
like India “not to be as wasteful as the West.” “My ambition would be for India
to become the richest country in the world with the lowest per capita
emissions,” de Boer told IPS European director Ramesh Jaura during an extensive
interview conducted at UNFCCC headquarters in Bonn.
Some excerpts from the interview:
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