The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations.They'd pull out!
The document also sets unequal limits on per capita carbon emissions for developed and developing countries in 2050; meaning that people in rich countries would be permitted to emit nearly twice as much under the proposals.
The so-called Danish text, a secret draft agreement worked on by a group of individuals known as “the circle of commitment” – but understood to include the UK, US and Denmark – has only been shown to a handful of countries since it was finalised this week.
The serfs smell a rat...
AJstrata: "What a crock. Want to lay odds Obama finds his calendar too full to drop by after this fiasco?"
Tom MaGuire:
One troubling provision:Watts:
Not allow poor countries to emit more than 1.44 tonnes of carbon per person by 2050, while allowing rich countries to emit 2.67 tonnes.If I were a representative of a developing country I don't know why I would agree to lock in second class status forever. C'mon - Argentina was 12th in the world in per capita GDP in 1950 (Germany was 14th, Sweden was 7th); 67 years later Argentina has fallen to 82nd (Germany is at 32, Sweden at 24). How the seemingly mighty have fallen.
The draft hands effective control of climate change finance to the World Bank; would abandon the Kyoto protocol – the only legally binding treaty that the world has on emissions reductions; and would make any money to help poor countries adapt to climate change dependent on them taking a range of actions.Looks like Dubya was right NOT to sign any Kyoto treaty garbage.
via Memeorandum
And then there's this:
