It’s that time of the year again. Climate change talks are heating up, with the next conference of parties scheduled in Durban in end-November. There is heat but no light. The negotiations are stuck despite the clear signs of climate change: dangerous and potentially catastrophic extreme weather events. Not much is expected in Durban, except the usual shadow-boxing. The European Union is leading the pack of climate champions. It wants the world to fast track negotiations for a single, legally binding treaty on cutting emissions. It does not say (loudly) that its real plan is to junk the Kyoto Protocol, which demands that industrialised countries cut emissions marginally, roughly 6 per cent below the 1990 levels by 2008-2012.
For full text: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/how-rewrite-durban-script [2]
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/opinion/how-rewrite-durban-script
[2] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/how-rewrite-durban-script
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sunita-narain
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-economics
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/developing-countries
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kyoto-protocol
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/cop-17
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/conference-parties
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sunita-narain
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
