Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/09/2010 10:41:09 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BONN (AFP) – Hopes of hoisting the UN process for climate change out of the mire after December's flawed Copenhagen summit suffered a setback at talks here on Friday.
In their first parley since the stormy December meeting, countries in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) divided over how to plot the way forward and the mood was soured by fresh finger-pointing.
"The one thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history," said Tosi Mpanu Mpanu of the Democratic Republic of Congo, representing African nations.
Copenhagen damaged "the trust that is necessary for any partnership," he said.
The three-day gathering in the former West German capital takes place nearly four months after a summit that, far from rallying mankind behind a post-2012 climate-stabilising pact, came within an inch of disaster.
Attended by some 120 heads of state and government, the summit was saved after a couple of dozen leaders cobbled together a brief document outlining areas of agreement.
Their "Copenhagen Accord" sets down a general goal of limiting global warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), includes rich and poor countries in pledges for tackling greenhouse gases and earmarks nearly 30 billion dollars in aid from 2010-2012, with prospects of up to 100 billion dollars annually by 2020.
But criticism of the accord resurfaced on Friday.
Left-led countries in the Caribbean and Latin America said the emissions pledges are only voluntary and, at present levels, would ensure warming of four C (7.2 F) or more.
They also denounced the accord as a stitchup among an elite group of countries; more than a third of UNFCCC parties have still not endorsed the deal.
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A “setback” in Copenhagen?
What happened to them? Did they score some beat dope?
;-)
A pox on all their houses. I hate liberal lies. I hate their big lie technique straight from Hitler. 0bama care is another big lie. Already in Massachusetts the non-profits that dominate the medical insurance market are complaining that state regulations and price controls are bankrupting them-——>>>
The Massachusetts Insurance Blackout
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304198004575171782805022028.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular
These people are NUTS! They just play make believe and think they can control the weather.
BTW - has goreBull surfaced anywhere yet?
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