The politics of it are good. Most members of the public of the planet think preservation of life here a sound idea. There is a political imperative driving environmental diplomacy. It is the increasingly level of consciousness among people everywhere of the serious nature of the global environmental problems. You can feel it in the air at the increasingly numerous international conferences which are held on these subjects.
Governments are now anxious to be seen to be taking a constructive stance.
It is time for a modest advance.