During these processes, finance negotiators have become better and better at avoiding any controversial discussion of pathways, sources or scaling up. This week’s sessions were a perfect example of how to fill 6 hours of workshop time with nice presentations and polite discussions worthy of the finest side event. And not once going within a 10-meter radius of a controversial issue. This could be a sign that finance negotiators here have acknowledged they have little to contribute at the UNFCCC to real financing decisions, and such weighty issues are better entirely up to Ministers. One could then hope that they … Continue reading Conflict avoidance