UN 2011 Climate Change Conference Interview Database

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José Romero on key issues and Switzerland’s position in the climate negotiations

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Dr. José Romero, the Scientific Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Transport, Communication, and Energy, discusses the key issues in the climate negotiations. He claims the biggest challenge is finding a balance between what developing countries and developed countries are expecting and want. He says that Switzerland has decided to go ahead with the Kyoto Protocol as well as to launch a process to negotiate a legally binding commitment treaty to go in effect over the next few years.

Interviewed by Timothy Damon on December 9, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa

José Romero on climate science and policy discrepancies

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José Romero, the Scientific Advisor to the Swiss Federal Department of Transport and a Switzerland national delegate, Communication, and Energy, discusses the gap that exists between the level of emissions that science says we need to stay below and the level that current politics are headed for.

Interviewed by Timothy Damon on December 9, 2011, COP 17, Durban, South Africa

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