Paris Climate Change Summit: Why it is Bound to Fail

• Main Author: Letchumanan, Raman
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Country and region studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific; Regionalism and multilateralism; Southeast Asia and ASEAN
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82085; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39839
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Expectations are high for a good and fair new climate change agreement at the much anticipated on-going climate change summit in Paris. Such expectations are elusive if the negotiations fail to face reality and set aside divisive national interests for the global good, humanity and the planet.