Part of the problem is that in the 1980s there were two superpower nations and they had “enough common interest among themselves to knock heads together and to make something happen,” said Princeton University climate scientist and international affairs professor Michael Oppenheimer.
Will U.N. summits save the earth? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process
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“In the context of these previous, truly significant COPs, Dubai is a pipsqueak,” said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, who is also a professor of international affairs.
Experts at odds over U.N. climate talks in Dubai; 'Historic,' 'pipsqueak' or something else?
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