But if politicians and citizens work together to preserve the world's forests there is still hope for an agreement on climate change, says Romana Jordan.
I have been a consistent attendee at COP over the past six years. Always, I look for urgency, progress, innovation and, most of all, hope. In spite of a dramatic call from the typhoon-hit Philippines and hundreds of scientists showing evidence and consequences of climate change, negotiations in Warsaw followed a familiar snail-like pace. Even the most optimistic among us admit that the conclusions will not be sufficient to limit global warming to a maximum of 2°C by 2015.
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