http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2009/09/01/no-money-for-negotiators-means-africa-may-not-be-heard-on-climate-change/ The Independent Family of Publications from Inter Press Service Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:31:01 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2009/09/01/no-money-for-negotiators-means-africa-may-not-be-heard-on-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Servaas van den Bosch Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:50:08 +0000 http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=393#comment-15 This is an interesting article. Last week at the world agroforestry congress in Nairobi, Peter Minang a lead scientist from Alternatives to Slash and Burn named this as one of the main factors prohibiting input from African delegations. There are too few negotiators, he said, while the important decisions are often taken in the middle of the night. The quality of delegations also left to be desired he said. More disconcerting is that he observed that offers of assistance from local experts are often turned down. "Negotiators see it as their little exclusive club that gets to travel every two weeks and gets to go on shopping sprees." A "per-diem factory" that included the media, according to Minang. This is an interesting article. Last week at the world agroforestry congress in Nairobi, Peter Minang a lead scientist from Alternatives to Slash and Burn named this as one of the main factors prohibiting input from African delegations. There are too few negotiators, he said, while the important decisions are often taken in the middle of the night. The quality of delegations also left to be desired he said. More disconcerting is that he observed that offers of assistance from local experts are often turned down. “Negotiators see it as their little exclusive club that gets to travel every two weeks and gets to go on shopping sprees.” A “per-diem factory” that included the media, according to Minang.

]]> http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/2009/09/01/no-money-for-negotiators-means-africa-may-not-be-heard-on-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-12 ghorwane Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:47:56 +0000 http://africa.ipsterraviva.net/?p=393#comment-12 isn't the important part all wrestled over and put into drafts long before Copenhagen? should we even be worrying about the performance of the people in Denmark? won't it be too late? isn’t the important part all wrestled over and put into drafts long before Copenhagen? should we even be worrying about the performance of the people in Denmark? won’t it be too late?

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