Investor Presentaiton
6.1 Why are negotiations so intractable?
☐ `Constructed ambiguity' in the regime texts are used as a resource by the material powers for
manufacturing consent
☐ Fragmentations & increasing splits among parties in the North & the South weaken the
progressive coalition
☐ A Himalayan gulf between CC Science & Policy
☐ Our Biology/Physiology responds well to immediate threats
☐ Our Econ System does not encourage investment in long term actions
mainstream Econ
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NPV concept dominates
☐ Our Pol System remains anchored to the `Westphalian' model of sovereignty/nat interests focus
on territorial security & pol independence, views still global cooperation as a zero-sum,' not as
`positive sum/win-win' game
☐ So USD 2 trillions are spent a year for addressing `perceived,' not 'real' threats to security of our
survival, i.e, CC
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POLICY DIALOGUE
ICCCAD
International Centre for
Climate Change and
Development
Bangladesh's Expectation from COP26
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