He gives much of the credit for this volte face to Ms Claussen.
The Hewlett Foundation's Hal Harvey and the Pew Center on Global Climate Change's Eileen Claussen are key figures in commissioning research and working on politicians.
Eileen Claussen with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change says Kyoto countries are also getting a sense of just what they've let themselves in for.
Ms Claussen, a long-time bureaucrat who had often dealt with corporations during international environmental talks, suspected that attitudes in big business were not quite so uniform.
"At first glance, I was a bit disappointed because of the heavily decreasing revenues, which were below our estimates, " Gregor Claussen, an analyst with Commerzbank, told Forbes.
"The study findings offer a blueprint for progress, " said Claussen.
CNN: Developing countries encouraged to curb greenhouse gases
However, while much of the collaboration in the committee has happened locally, Claussen adds her excitement in welcoming to New Orleans the teams and fans from two American, environmentally forward cities.
Last spring, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation reached out to Claussen with the challenge of creating practical items using over 15, 000 linear feet of banners from Super Bowl XLIV in Miami.
Ms. EILEEN CLAUSSEN (Pew Center on Global Climate Change): Many countries believed that the only thing to do was to set a target and reduce emissions, and I think the view now is different.
MS. CLAUSSEN: There are many reasons to put a price on carbon, the most important being that climate change is already costing society (through extreme weather events), and we need to take action to limit those costs.
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