"The key message to rich countries is that whatseems like them tobe a domestic political difficulty is for the vulnerable nations an existential problem, " said Saleemul Huq, senior fellow in climate change at the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), which gave technical support tothe Maldives meeting.
Contrary towhat you might be hearing from the more excitable ends of the press it seems that climate change is less of a problem than we thought it was.