Since then, events have told a rather different story, with the U.S. waging a multi-front campaign — organizing a global
network of bilateral agreements designed to
render the U.N. climate process «irrelevant», sending
out its flacks to argue that fossil technologies like «clean coal» and carbon capture are the best ways forward, insisting that the under - funded climate secretariat separate its Kyoto Protocol accounts from those related to the Framework Convention, ruthlessly undermining all attempts to talk about, or even talk about talking about, the future
of the regime.
«TCC claims 2.1 The following are examples
of the types
of claim which it may be appropriate to bring as TCC claims --(a) building or other construction disputes, including claims for the enforcement
of the decisions
of adjudicators under the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; (b) engineering disputes; (c) claims by and against engineers, architects, surveyors, accountants and other specialised advisers relating to the services they provide; (d) claims by and against local authorities relating to their statutory duties concerning the development
of land or the construction
of buildings; (e) claims relating to the design, supply and installation
of computers, computer software and related
network systems; (f) claims relating to the quality
of goods sold or hired, and work done, materials supplied or services
rendered; (g) claims between landlord and tenant for breach
of a repairing covenant; (h) claims between neighbours, owners and occupiers
of land in trespass, nuisance etc; (i) claims relating to the environment (for example, pollution cases); (j) claims arising
out of fires; (k) claims involving taking
of accounts where these are complicated; and (l) challenges to decisions
of arbitrators in construction and engineering disputes including applications for permission to appeal and appeals.»