<![CDATA[Is The Climate On Climate Change Shifting?]]>Robert Stavins thinks the recent Durban negotiations have altered the way the world is thinking about addressing global warming:

The Durban Platform – by replacing the Berlin Mandate – has opened an important window.  It is this.  The national delegations from around the world now have a challenging task before them:  to identify a new international climate policy architecture that is consistent with the process, pathway, and principles laid out in the Durban Platform, namely to find a way to include all key countries (such as the 20 largest national and regional economies that together account for upwards of 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions) in a structure that brings about meaningful emissions reductions on an appropriate timetable at acceptable cost.

David Bosco is a bit more dismissive. Brad Plumer goes back to basics:

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