It is not going to be easy - I have no illusions about that - but we are not in the same place we were in eight or nine months before Copenhagen, there is a greater level of convergence on some very important issues, and there is a greater measure of realism with respect to what needs to happen to get a deal.

Todd Stern

Categorized in : Energy

From what I've seen so far, United States's edging United States way toward a decent outcome -- I hope, but we haven't seen a document yet. Big things can happen between documents.

world

That's not in the interests of the United States. by Todd Stern

That's not in the interests of the United States.

environment

It's a kind of 'To hell with you' with respect to an issue that countries have been enormously concerned about.

politics

We obviously didn't want parties to be going back, but we also thought it would be counterproductive to have a legal bar saying 'thou shalt not go back,'.

politics

The best thing that can happen for them is to get this agreement... by Todd Stern

The best thing that can happen for them is to get this agreement going and get it into force.

energy

The commitment of both leaders to addressing this global challenge is clear, and I suspect under their leadership, North America will make significant progress this year and next.

politics

The commitment of both leaders to addressing this global challenge is clear and I expect under their leadership North America will make significant progress this year.

politics

It will be up to the Chinese government whether they increase their target but there will obviously be a lot of international opinion looking forward to additional measures - whether it is China or anyone else.

environment

It is entirely premature, really premature to assume the Clean Power Plan will be struck down but, even if it were, come what may, we are sticking to our plan to sign, to join, we're going to go ahead and sign the agreement this year.

world

When seeking legislation or agreement, there are people that are more interested in preventing things from happening, blocking is easier than getting things through.

environment

There was real sense of dynamism and force in this thing by that point, i think it was tactically and diplomatically quite important for the negotiations.

environment

The path does not involve the end of fossil fuels tomorrow, what it involves is a longer-term movement toward clean energy.

environment

There was a lot of goodwill by parties to get past this and sign... by Todd Stern

There was a lot of goodwill by parties to get past this and sign off on the agreement.

environment

This came together in a really significantly more robust sense than a lot of people would have expected.

environment

The U.S. is perfectly happy to have a consultative process. by Todd Stern

The U.S. is perfectly happy to have a consultative process.

environment

We had a concern from the beginning that we didn’t want to scare countries off ... The most important part of this idea is sunshine. You encourage countries to be ambitious because they don’t want to look bad.

environment