The study released today was attacked by critics on several sides of the climate debate.
Some participants said they expected resistance to the injection of morality into the climate debate.
A year ago, it looked as if the so-called climate debate might finally be over, and the business of actually addressing the problem about to begin.
Europe must indeed take the lead in the climate debate and in the measures to be taken.
One thing is certain: the climate debate is just a minor part of our problem.
I would like to know what has happened to the spirit of the broader climate debate in this controversy over cars.
It contains virtually every issue that has been mentioned in the climate debate over the last two years or more.
The reference to the fact that this needs to be regulated at a global level is familiar from the climate debate.
This is not an end, therefore, but a beginning, an important new step in the climate debate.
It is the other side of the climate debate that you don't hear anywhere.