David Victor Writes Article for Newsweek Discussing U.S. Policy and Global Warming
"Once and Always a Laggard"
12/05/2009
David G. Victor,
Newsweek
The hardest thing about being Barack Obama may be handling the high expectations of voters and world leaders. The gap between fantasies of Obama fixing all the world's problems and the reality of American politics is particularly wide on global warming. Even before leaders sit down at Copenhagen, where they are charged with forging a new agreement on climate, we know the summit will be a bust.
Most fingers are pointing to America as the spoiler. Just last month the alliance of developing countries threatened to walk out of the Copenhagen talks unless rich countries made firm, binding agreements for deep cuts in emissions. That issue has put America's climate diplomats in a tough spot because they don't want to make promises they can't keep.
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David Victor is director of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, based at the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies.
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