Over forty CEMS Masters in International Management students gathered in Barcelona from 19-20 May 2011 for the third annual CEMS Model UNFCCC. The block seminar is the culmination of a Climate Change Strategy Roleplay course, which involves students from the University of St Gallen, ESADE Barclona, the Warsaw School of Economics and the University of Cologne. oikos Student Reporters blogged live from the negotiations to demonstrate the role of the mass media.

The output document of the model, which was not adopted in the final vote, is available here.

For more information about the CEMS Model UNFCCC organisers, please see the Institute for Economy and the Environment at the University of St Gallen.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Russia government boycotts negotiations

Yesterday, the respective delegate of Russian oil industry announced that the country’s administration decided not to send the official delegate to the Barcelona negotiations. „The government has 75% of shares in our industry, so in fact, we can represent them”, said Mr. Kamil Kulak from Rosneft. The representative of Gazprom Mr. Luis Limones seemed to fully support Mr Kulak’s position. Russian representatives admitted to have a special strategy for these negotiations. „If we need it, we can take off our shoe, hit the table with it and they will have to listen to us”, said Mr Kulak.

On the first day of negotiations, Russian delegates haven’t appeared on the opening plenary. Is it a part of their new strategy?

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