SUMMIT IN BARCELONA
Throw a bad climate and smog COAST TOO
Alessandro Oppes Madrid
Alessandro Oppes Madrid
Rain, wind, fog, thunder and lightning: it turns out a bit 'of everything from two large containers placed by Greenpeace activists outside the headquarters of the climate conference, at the Fira de Barcelona.
is only a simulation, but the flavor has launched a dramatic warning to the representatives of 180 countries gathered at the United Nations to get groped by an agreement for the review of the Kyoto Protocol.
Almost one last appeal, a strong case seen as things turned out: The summit ends with substantial nothing, raising fears that a new and even more worrying failure when missing exactly a month at the Copenhagen conference.
Never mind that - as announced by the manager for the UN Climate Change Yvo de Boer - 40 Heads of State and Government have already confirmed their presence in Denmark.
The difficulty, as we saw in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bare still enormous.
The difficulty, as we saw in Barcelona, \u200b\u200bare still enormous.
developing countries, particularly those in Africa, raising their voices declaring that they are not at all satisfied with the promise made by the European Union to reduce by 20% by 2020 the emission of polluting gases: argue that you should to at least 40%, and also call clarity about the extent of the financial benefit of poor countries. According to the findings in the latest
meeting of the EU, expected to amount to EUR 100 billion a year over the next 10 years, but 27 have not yet know what share they are willing to pay.
Community Summits have chosen to remain deliberately vague, however, because at the moment, are still too many players that are missing on the scene to be able to reach a final agreement.
Community Summits have chosen to remain deliberately vague, however, because at the moment, are still too many players that are missing on the scene to be able to reach a final agreement.
The U.S. has so far refused to rule out clearly seen that the issue is being debated in the Senate in Washington.
The representative of the U.S. delegation Jonathan Pershing said that "there will be a real agreement" in Copenhagen, but admitted that it will be unlikely to be binding. The Administration U.S. "is committed to the fight against climate change" but calls that "involve all countries that concentrate 90% of emissions of carbon dioxide," as "China, India, Japan, Europe and Brazil."
For this reason, Obama is scheduled to meet at the highest level with Indian and Chinese leaders before the summit in the Danish capital.
Done The Daily, November 7, 2009
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