Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
UN Climate Chief Yvo de Boer Quits to Work in Accounting Firm
Share:
by Amy Judd | February 18, 2010 at 02:02 pm
122 views | 2 Recommendations | 1 comment
The UN (United Nations) Climate Change chief Yvo de Boer has quit today and it is being said by others that de Boer was exhausted after the Copenhagen Summit last year, which many call a failure after an expected agreement was reached to deal with climate change.
Mr. de Boer was Secretary General of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and although he says that he has been meaning to step down for some time, his resignation has come as a bit of a shock in the climate change community. He has been in that position for four years and it was his job to negotiate an international deal on climate change, but now he will be working for the global accounting firm KPMG.
After what many saw as the failure of the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, critics blamed de Boer for not coming to an agreement.
Mr de Boer acknowledged that the failure of rich and poor nations to agree at the recent negotiations was frustrating. But he insisted that the Accord had at least begun the process of reducing greenhouse gases.
"We were about an inch away from a formal agreement. It was basically in our grasp, but it didn't happen ... so that was a pity," he said.
While some see de Boer's departure as a positive, others see it as a negative, but a replacement for de Boer has not been announced as of this time.
Advertisement
NowPublic on Facebook
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (1)
at 19:40 on February 18th, 2010
i think we are a little further away from a formal agreement then just an inch.
Important here would be his replacement. Which could make all the difference depending on the person and his or her international respect, influence and charisma.