UN climate chief quits, leaves talks hanging

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

Source: AP

By ARTHUR MAX, Associated Press Writer Arthur Max, Associated Press Writer – 43 mins ago

AMSTERDAM – The sharp-tongued U.N. official who shepherded troubled climate talks for nearly four years announced his resignation Thursday, leaving an uncertain path to a new treaty on global warming.

Exhausted and frustrated by unrelenting bickering between rich and poor countries, Yvo de Boer said he will step down July 1 to work in business and academia.

With no obvious successor in sight, fears were voiced that whoever follows will be far less forceful than the skilled former civil servant from the Netherlands.

His departure takes effect five months before 193 nations reconvene in Cancun, Mexico, for another attempt to reach a worldwide legal agreement on controlling greenhouse gas emissions, blamed for the gradual heating of the Earth that scientists predict will worsen weather-related disasters.



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[jdlh8894]

1. Reading the Handwriting on the Wall? n/t

[PaulaFarrell]

2. which handwriting would that be?

do tell

[jdlh8894]

3. Well,

I hope that it is not done w/spray paint but the graffiti is beginning to get over-sprayed. If you get my meaning.

[PaulaFarrell]

7. No I don't get your meaning at all

Can you not just say what you mean?

[jdlh8894]

8. I guess nuance and innuindo are not acceppted

or understood here. eom

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Given the morass this is becoming, is the adjective "skilled" really appropriate?

[pintobean]

5. The captain is abandoning the ship? eom

[420inTN]

6. Not unless he's beaming off-planet. eom