Posted by
Average Voter on Saturday, May 24, 2008 9:25:08 PM
According to U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer, we are
losing ground on the fight against global warming.
"Much of the enthusiasm and ambition that we saw in Bali with the launch of negotiations doesn't seem to be present," he said, referring to a meeting on the Indonesian resort island in December, when some 190 countries decided on a timetable for talks on the new climate pact.
De Boer cited a recently announced U.S. climate plan that would allow an increase in emissions, Canada's indication that it will not meet its obligations under the Kyoto agreement, and European industry's skepticism about the EU goal of cutting emissions by 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.
Do you think it's because nobody really wants to do it because they are not convinced it's real anyway? Not to mention the fact that everyody knows in Europe that
carbon trading was a useless idea to begin with.