Poznan Postcard: A ‘Window’ on Climate Talks - Dot Earth Blog
source: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/11/poznan-postcard-a-window-on-climate-talks/
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POZNAN, Poland – As talks over a new climate treaty intensified here today, legions of environmental campaigners, corporate lobbyists and reporters tried to read meaning in the flow of delegates between rooms set aside for each country along Hall 7 or clumped in conversation near the coffee bar.
A door opens and shuts. Was that a Chinese delegate heading into Canada’s space?
Is that the Mexican delegation — having just announced it would implement emissions caps – consulting with the European Union?
But the thing that stood out most, perhaps, amid the temporary particleboard corridors, was the bunker-like nature of the office labeled “U.S. delegation.”
Let me make one unscientific observation: Countries that have the most concrete emissions commitments seem to have chosen to create offices with windows, which look out onto the corridor. Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany, for example, have windowed storefronts.
Transparency. Look in and see what we’re doing!
A door opens and shuts. Was that a Chinese delegate heading into Canada’s space?
Is that the Mexican delegation — having just announced it would implement emissions caps – consulting with the European Union?
But the thing that stood out most, perhaps, amid the temporary particleboard corridors, was the bunker-like nature of the office labeled “U.S. delegation.”
Let me make one unscientific observation: Countries that have the most concrete emissions commitments seem to have chosen to create offices with windows, which look out onto the corridor. Belgium, New Zealand, and Germany, for example, have windowed storefronts.
Transparency. Look in and see what we’re doing!
