Posted on 11/04/2021 2:19:37 AM PDT by blueplum
JAKARTA, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Indonesia's environment minister has dismissed as "inappropriate and unfair" a global plan to end deforestation by 2030, days after her country, home to a third of the world's rainforests, was among more than 100 that made the zero-deforestation pledge.
The agreement late on Monday at the COP26 climate talks is at odds with Indonesia's development plans and the global goals should be fine-tuned, said minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar...
...Siti said definitions of deforestation differ widely, so imposing European standards onto Indonesia was unfair...
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Someone back on the ground in Indonesia called and said, “WHAT did you promise?!? No WAY!”
Good for them.
Reality - poor people use wood and charcoal to cook with. That means poor people cut down trees. The only way to make them stop burning wood is to provide them with a better source of power.
The reason the Northern Hemisphere has more trees now than 100 years ago is because we started burning coal instead of wood.
Sounds like the COP26 is crumbling. Awwww, too bad.
Dems - always finding creative ways to pry money from hard-working citizens.
“now the backslapping and cocktail parties are over, the delegates begin to sober up”
Sounds like the ‘meeting’ was more like a Timeshare presentation, where the only way to get out is to give into the demands of the host.
“The only way to make them stop burning wood is
to provide them with a better source of power.”
Indonesia has to stop logging. Does the UK and Saudi Arabia have to stop pumping oil 100%? Does the UK have to cease all fishing? Does China have to participate at all?
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