Dec
12
U.S. in Bali: Numbers Are for Schoolchildren, not Countries
With climate meetings in Bali about to conclude, it appears the United States has succeeded in preventing the world from setting clear targets for greenhouse gas reductions.
The two-week gathering is supposed to produce a timeline for negotiating a post-Kyoto climate treaty. The European Union and developing countries want the timeline — or “roadmap” — to include quantifiable greenhouse gas cuts: specifically, a per-nation reduction of 25-40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020,…
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