Why did she lie?

This afternoon (Saturday November 21st) I heard a radio report from Belem. The BBC interviewed Rachel Kyte the UK Special Representative for Climate. She said that getting agreement at a COP was very hard and that '193 countries were trying to get the best result'. It sounds measured, sensible and diplomatic. But its not true. 

The best result for the planet would be an enforceable and explicit agreement to eliminate all use of fossil fuels by 2050 - ideally sooner. Kyte is a Professor of Practice in Climate Policy so she knows this.

She also knows - she even said in her interview - that some countries are trying to prevent the final declaration from even mentioning fossil fuels. As I write the current draft does not mention fossil fuels. These countries - Saudi Arabia leads the pack - are not trying to get the best result but the result that is best for their countries or their typically undemocratic regimes. 

So Kyte is saying thing she knows to be untrue. In any other context we call that lying. Why should politics be different? It is lying and we should tell our representatives not to do it.