Representatives from every national government are meeting this week to work toward a global climate agreement, and the location of the conference – Lima, Peru – offers critically important lessons for negotiators: http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/284196
In the debate over how to address climate change, there is a glaring gap between the levels of carbon reductions the world must achieve to avert the worst consequences of global warming and the levels of reductions that national governments have been willing to make thus far. Bridging that gap will require cities and businesses – the chief drivers of carbon emissions – to play a leading role, and Lima’s experience points the way forward.
