Barcelona, Spain — You know the story. The clever tailors that convince a kingdom that only intelligent people can see the clothes they make. Everyone talks about how fine the emperor's outfit is, until one audacious voice pipes up to say there's nothing there, the king is naked. When the reality of climate change politics is stripped of rhetoric, most of the industrialised world's leaders are seriously underdressed, and Obama isn't wearing a stitch.
Greenpeace's new Guide to Climate Politics shows just how badly the leaders of rich, industrialised nations are failing in their efforts to address climate change.
In the last year developing nations have made real progress and put a series of offers on the table during the UN climate negotiations. With the final negotiating session just a month away the response of the developed world has been to throw up more obstructions.
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