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Should you pay attention to the UN climate talks? / Michael Levi, Energy, security and climate, November 30, 2012http://blogs.cfr.org/levi/2012/11/30/should-you-pay-attention-to-the-un-climate-talkThe annual United Nations (UN) climate talks are rarely a pretty sight. The typical script is fairly reliable. Negotiators typically arrive at each summit with mostly realistic goals. But diplomats and those who seek to influence them spend the first week or so ratcheting up demands and accusations, in part for leverage, but at least as much in order to make themselves look good and their adversaries appear villainous...