MONTREAL -- Weary delegates, politicians and lobby group members cheered early this morning as the United Nations climate change conference finally passed its last two major decisions after two days and nights of gruelling talks.
The main negotiating logjam broke around midnight, when the United States agreed to a watered-down declaration that all 189 countries at the conference will start an open-ended “dialogue” aimed at finding new ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
So, why was this so hard?
The U.S. had objected to several increasingly weak versions of the dialogue agreement during the two week conference, and walked out of the talks Thursday night.
But under intense pressure from most other countries represented here, it finally relented, signing on to a final version after yet more revisions.
Again, in important nomilitaryry matters, the US bring up the rear, having to pulled along kicking and screaming.
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