Policy Briefing

From this week’s reading, I was able to get a better understanding of different networks and groups involved with climate change as well as how their interactions and meeting work.  I realized that there is a great deal of trade-offs and negotiations made in order to reach goals.  It was interesting to see how meetings are prepared, run and the outcomes of them, or in other words meeting culture.  I learned that the structure and processes of the meeting influences what happens and what is accomplished during the meeting.  Some of the things that happen is sharing observations and addressing a common set of questions.  This way the agenda is set for everyone to bring their own take and opinion to the meeting instead of starting from scratch.  The document noted that there are two areas of concern when having conversations, actors and scale.  These two determiners can cause tension because of different views on these two areas.  That nature of trade-offs is naturally difficult and it is not easy to point directly at a person, place and time that they are made.  Trade-offs help discussion stay on track with what needs to be accomplished according to many people.  This calls for better understanding of how to decrease the underlying tensions between members first and foremost.  For me, being able to see how meetings are structured was very helpful in understanding what the outcomes of meetings are.  I have high hopes for all of the meetings to come in Paris this upcoming week.