News stories by Ambassador Dr Palitha Kohona

  1. OP-ED: Climate Change - A Faltering Step Forward in Durban (?)

    - Inter Press Service

    A story from Inter Press Service, an international news agency

    After much huffing, puffing, loss of sleep and negotiations that set a record for Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings, (the longest COP ever!), the 17th UN Convention on Climate Change COP in Durban last December produced a modest outcome. A bemused Sri Lankan delegate observed that it was like digging a mighty mountain and finding a tiny mouse.

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