A) There is a complete lack of international commitment to positive action
B) It is very difficult to devise appropriate policies
C) The environmental crisis is only one of the issues that nations negotiate about, and agreement on environmental issues has to be compatible with agreements on other issues, such as trade
D) There is no agreement on the environmental issues facing the global community
Correct Answer: C
Solution :
It would be very difficult to argue that nations generally are not committed to positive action in this area, so 'There is a complete lack of international commitment to positive action' is not correct. But of course, 'commitment' is a difficult word, as the outcomes of a conference are not simple yes/no statements, but complex agreements where individual nations, or blocks of nations, have priorities which others find difficult to accede to. Equally, there is no denying that it can be difficult to devise appropriate policies, but there is no doubt that over the years there has been evident progress, so 'It is very difficult to devise appropriate policies' is not correct. Of course, the big problem in reaching international agreement on climate issues is that not only are the issues to be resolved within these conferences highly complex, but the conferences do not take place in isolation from international discussions and debates on other issues, and environmental issues might for a group of nations be a bargaining counter from which concessions on some other entirely unrelated issue can be secured. So 'The environmental crisis is only one of the issues that nations negotiate about, and agreement on environmental issues has to be compatible with agreements on other issues, such as trade' is the correct answer here.
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