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| Yvo de Boer resigns as top UN climate official |
| 2010-02-19 |
His departure takes effect from 1 July, five months before 193 countries are due to reconvene in Mexico for another attempt at a global deal on climate. Good luck with that fellas ... Nations failed to reach a binding deal at the Copenhagen meeting in December. The former Dutch civil servant was appointed as executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2006. As the UN's climate negotiator, he was widely credited with raising the profile of climate change issues. 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 Ooooooooooooh. Close but no cigar... But suspicion and distrust between developing and industrial countries barred the way to a binding accord at the UN's climate change summit in Copenhagen in December. That and the fact that more people are realizing that climate change is bullshit... In a statement, Mr de Boer said: "It was a difficult decision to make, but I believe the time is ripe for me to take on a new challenge." ...getting while the getting's good. Mr De Boer said he would become a consultant on climate and sustainability issues for KPMG, a global accounting firm, and would be associated with several universities. Yeah, didn't think he was gonna become a truck driver... |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 They do indeed, tw. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 23:47 |
| #3 But they do also offer accounting services, lotp. ;-) My high school class's valedictorian works there, after having dropped out of Harvard Law because it wasn't challenging enough. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-19 23:31 |
| #2 It's misleading to call KMPG an accounting firm. They have a pretty substantial consulting business. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-02-19 07:27 |
| #1 Mr De Boer said he would become a consultant on climate and sustainability issues for KPMG, a global accounting firm, and would be associated with several universities. What does an accounting firm and "several universities" have to do with global warming? ..... oh, sorry. My bad. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-02-19 04:26 |