Policy Analysis
Statement to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development
"First of all, was Bali a success?," writes Drexhage. "If I may bring in a baseball analogy here, while the final agreement reached at Bali was far from a 'home run', neither was it a strike out. I guess I would categorize it as a 'bunt single'. The world is 'on base' in addressing climate change—but barely—and we are now entering into the last innings of this critical global challenge."
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