Are the Durban Climate Talks–or Climate Talks in General–Doomed?

After more than 15 years of international climate negotiations, it has become ever more clear that all the carbon dioxide emitted to shuttle diplomats from city to city to hash out a regime to curb climate change has been largely wasted. The success of harried diplomacy in Kyoto in 1997 has given way to Japan buying its way out of emissions reductions in 2011 and refusing to sign up for more.

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Are the Durban Climate Talks–or Climate Talks in General–Doomed?