For the UN climate conference in Bonn the bear to worry about was not Polar, but Russian.
CFACT reports:
In the final minutes of COP 18, the UN climate talks in Doha, Qatari vice prime minister Abdullah bin Hamad al-Attiyah brought down the gavel – ending the COP and snubbing delegates of nations waiting to speak. Among them was the Russian delegation which was frantically waving papers in the air demanding to be recognized.
Russia has neither forgiven, nor forgotten.
There’s little enough that we owe Russia, but its interference with global warming regulation is in line with our interests.