The Foreign Service Journal, February 2008

F O C U S O N C l i m a t e C h a n g e A C ALL TO A CTION / 15 Preparing for and adapting to a changing climate will be one of the central tasks of international relations for the rest of this century. By Timothy E. Wirth T HE P OST -B ALI R OADMAP / 21 The U.S. delegation’s opening statement at the December United Nations climate change conference. A MAZONIA ON THE B RINK / 23 The vulnerability of the Amazon forest makes action on the global climate change agenda even more urgent. By Thomas E. Lovejoy T HE A RCTIC B ELLWETHER / 27 Decisionmakers and the public would do well to focus on the Arctic, where the average temperature has been rising at twice the rate of the rest of the world. By Robert W. Corell S ELLING THE U.S. P OSITION : A N U PHILL B ATTLE / 32 The Bush administration’s handling of climate change has obscured what is actually a positive U.S. record in many respects. By Joyce Rabens “I T ’ S N OT J UST AN I MAGE P ROBLEM ” / 36 An interview with Nigel Purvis, a senior member of the U.S. climate change negotiating team from 1997 to 2002. By Shawn Dorman F S H E R I T A G E M R . F OREIGN S ERVICE : L OY H ENDERSON / 39 Before joining the State Department, the veteran diplomat was a hero in Estonia’s War of Independence. By Eric A. Johnson A F S A N E W S T AX G UIDE / 45 C LASSIFIEDS / 59 C ONTENTS February 2008 Volume 85, No. 2 Cover and inside illustration by Sandra Pirie-St. Amour P RESIDENT ’ S V IEWS / 5 Speaking Up By John K. Naland S PEAKING O UT / 12 Taking the King’s Shilling By David T. Jones R EFLECTIONS / 68 Foreign Service Moments By Dorothy Shea L ETTERS / 6 C YBERNOTES / 9 M ARKETPLACE / 10 B OOKS / 61 I NDEX TO A DVERTISERS / 66 F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 8 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 3 J O U R N A L OREIGN ERVICE S F