Blog 4 - Summary of Article 3

This essay emphasises on the importance of having a good leader to be in charge of the negotiations at the Copenhagen conference on Climate. Unfortunately, the host country, Denmark, is unlikely to take the leadership role for the conference as they do not have a suitable candidate for the job. However, the conference needs a well established leader who is just, dynamic, dedicated and knowledgeable on the topic of the debate. Some of the experienced lead negotiators quoted by the writer are Jean-Maurice Ripert, Tommy Koh and Angela Merkel. Ripert is known as someone who is optimistic and well aware of the needs of other delegates. On top of that, he even went the extra mile in understanding the thinking of delegates by consulting them privately. As for Koh, he commanded daily results of the conference from the delegates and take the full responsibility when he sense that an area was not going to succeed. As demonstrated by Ripert, a lead negotiator should take responsibility in declaring consensus which has been reached throughout the conference and at the same time justify it. To conclude, the qualities and capabilities shown by Merkel, Ripert and Koh are some of the examples that a good leader should have.