Global Climate Action Made Bite-Sized

This article can be found at http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2010/10/05/find_common_ground_un_climate_chief_says/

    So far, the world has been horrendous at organizing a global effort to fight climate change. National goals have constantly been neglected and deadlines pushed back. It is widely acknowledged that the efforts of the UN to take political action against climate change have been a failure, Copenhagen being a perfect example. In fact, the failure of Copenhagen is what has inspired countries to focus on smaller initiatives: “The scaled-down ambitions are largely due to the collapse of climate talks in Copenhagen last year, when political leaders failed to produce a global and legally binding treaty on curbing the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.”
    The story seems to be a brief explanation of the global climate change fight as it stands today. The UN climate chief wants countries to “focus on smaller initiatives” rather than create far-reaching, unachievable goals. The writer makes some bold statements on an important issue that stick with the reader: “Expectations still are small because countries remain deadlocked over the same issues…Ultimately, if talks in Cancun fail to produce concrete results, the entire UN process could be in jeopardy.” However, it is unclear what the major story is here. It seems to bounce around between climate negotiations, from Mexico to China to Cancun, and it is hard to tell where things are happening and what players are involved. Perhaps the writer could have added a few more paragraphs to adequately explain the status of the political workings behind climate change.