The Lib Dems added that it was astonishing that Rogers' email revealed that, at this late stage in the build-up to the talks, Rogers thought that the UK had no agreed negotiating structure and, in his view, still lacked the required multilateral negotiating expertise available to the European commission.
Inter-organisational collaboration can be viewed as an open system, which is defined as a coalition of shifting interest groups, strongly influenced by environmental factors, who develop goals by negotiating structure, activities, and outcomes (21).
These considerations are hardwired into the CFS approach by its very negotiating structure.
But the negotiating structure that led to it would probably continue, he said.
The UN is known to be pushing for a meeting in late February or early March to try to solve the problem of the UNFCCC negotiating structure.
The previous three rounds of talks in Beijing ended without a breakthrough, and the legitimacy of the six-nation negotiating structure could collapse if this round ends in a stalemate.
Still, Republicans reacted warily Tuesday to the change in the negotiating structure and to Obama's suggestion that the parties produce the biggest debt-reduction package of the past two decades over the next two weeks.
Even though the protocol provided a negotiating structure and enforcement mechanism for the deal, the HFC amendment nevertheless took nearly a decade to hammer out, and President Obama's engagement proved crucial to getting it done.
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said that while obstacles remained, the parties to the talks "shared their assessment that the present negotiations are substantial and promising" and that they have put in place a "solid negotiating structure for continued progress in the future".
