One Word that Might Suggest Obligation for the Wealthy Nations of the Developed World

In this account of the French hosted environmental treaty negotiations you can see how "Big Money" makes sure it has more than enough wiggle room to keep actual responsibility off any table where talks of real action might be agreed to.

If there weren't any other reason to have doubts about the agreement this would still be sufficient cause. As always, the elites want to have a benefit without actually having to pay much for it. Big surprise.

The one word that almost sank the climate talks

It took a last-minute tweak to the text and a huge coalition to help pressure China and India to get a deal.http://www.politico.eu/article/one-word-almost-sunk-climate-talks-legally-binding-cop21-deal-global-warming/