Posted on 12/11/2010 9:09:44 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Negotiators from about 190 countries reached a modest set of agreements early Saturday in Cancun on how to tackle global warming but punted some of the most controversial questions for a later date.
A year after U.N.-led talks all but collapsed in Copenhagen, delegates from countries large and small signed off on a package of low-hanging fruit that includes establishing a program to keep tropical rainforests standing, sharing low-carbon energy technologies and preparing a $100 billion fund to help the world's most vulnerable cope with a changing climate.
"What we have now is a text that, while not perfect, is certainly a good basis for moving forward," Todd Stern, the top U.S. climate official, said during the all-night bargaining session that culminated in approval of what's known as the Cancun Agreement.
Stern's reluctant endorsement was echoed over and over into the early morning hours as diplomats scarred by the chaos in Copenhagen accepted a deal that fails to ratchet down greenhouse gas emissions anywhere close to scientific recommendations.
It also fails to establish a firm date for negotiators to reach a conclusion on a new climate treaty.
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It’s chilly down here that’s for sure. The freeze line for tonight is going down to one county above the border.
The sun’s out, not that it’s doing much good. LOL
38 here now.
Supposed to hit 20 tonight.
Actually I am good with these cooler temps. 105 and sweating isn't my favorite climate.
I’ll take 105 over 65 any day, much less 45! :)
Well just keep it up there please, grandchildren have already seen snow so we don’t need anymore until the next generation. :)
32 with snow beats the crap out of 36 raining and muddy ;)
I despise these people.
Looks two more pictures of hopefuls of lining their pockets with US money.
I don’t like either, at least it’s a dry front this time, down here anyway. :)
signed off on a package of low-hanging fruit that includes establishing a program to keep tropical rainforests standing, sharing low-carbon energy technologies and preparing a $100 billion fund to help the world's most vulnerable cope with a changing climateThanks Ernest_at_the_Beach.
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