International law and a new narrative for the climate change negotiations
International law and a new narrative for the climate change negotiations / Joy Hyvarinen, FIELD Executive Director, FIELD blog, 1/05/2014
Peru’s Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal will preside over the crucial Lima climate conference (link is external) in December. In a recent speech (link is external) he argued that the narrative of the climate change negotiations needs to change. Instead of a story about failing negotiations, the story needs to be about a strong solution for the world. He is right. A new narrative about the climate change negotiations is overdue…