1. The importance of diplomacy, tact and skill: it is an incredibly challenging, intricate process. Watching Laurent Fabius at work in Paris in COP21, and @PEspinosaC in Cancun in COP16 (in 2010), was to observe multilateralism, diplomacy & strategy at its finest ... trust is all
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2. Optimism helps too:
@CFigueres -- as she describes in the interview in my book, and will doubtless do in much greater depth in her own forthcoming#thefuturewechoose -- carried the climate community & the world with her from Copenhagen to Paris, with an indomitable spirit ...Prikaži ovu nit -
3. Political heft is also important: watching
@Ed_Miliband in the run-up to the (ill-fated) Copenhagen COP, with all his intellect and commitment, and with the full backing of the Brown government, was a sight to behold (& first inspired me to go into politics, not that I have);Prikaži ovu nit -
4. Officials: there are many wonderful people in the civil service who have given decades of their lives to serious work on climate change. As president, you need to respect them and be respected by them - as was the case for my namesake
@EdwardJDavey and for@michaelgove ;Prikaži ovu nit -
5. Sympathy for the least developed countries and the most vulnerable: it was moving to see how Fabius,
@JohnKerry and others really tuned into the vision and perspectives of the small island states in the run-up to Paris: the importance of this cannot be overstated;Prikaži ovu nit -
6. So, too, is it vitally important to have a deeply respectful, understanding, thoughtful, strategic set of relationships with other big powers in the process, as the US did with China in the run-up to Paris. This requires strategy, analysis and diplomacy of the highest order;
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7. An understanding of the patchwork of international environmental conventions - their relationships and interdependencies - also helps, especially this year given the biodiversity COP in Kunming, China, in October, and the role of nature in securing a good outcome in Glasgow;
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8. Having the integrity, temperament & skill to create a meaningfully big, inclusive tent -- an 'all of society' COP, per
@thomasnhale -- especially at a time when the eyes of the world's young, personified by the extraordinary@GretaThunberg and 1000s like her, are watching...;Prikaži ovu nit -
9. Humility & grace: you are a servant to the process, as well as its leader, something
@CFigueres &@PEspinosaC achieved beautifully. You serve in good faith, and you do your best to build trust & a shared goal - across countries, officials, sectors - in service of the cause.Prikaži ovu nit -
10. The odds are against you, especially at this challenging time - but you contribute as best you can, and then pass the baton. And so I end by congratulating Claire O'Neill for her significant accomplishments -- and by wishing the next
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