Global Warming
The Flat Earth Society Is Alive and Doing Well In Saudi Arabia
By Ghassan Karam
As the world express concern and even regret over the failure of the Conference at Copenhagen to come to a meaningful conclusion the Saudi Arabian chief negotiator at the talks expressed glee and satisfaction
EU’s aid pledge to developing countries called ‘ inadequate’
EU leaders ended a summit in Brussels having agreed to pay 7.2bn euros ( $10.6bn) over three years to help poorer nations cope with climate change. The EU pledge is part of a global “fast start” package being debated at the UN Copenhagen summit.
Developing countries and aid agencies have derided the latest pledges to tackle global warming.
The leaders of poorer nations described the sum as ‘inadequate’.
Bruno Tseliso Sekoli, chairman of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) bloc, told the BBC that the EU pledge “cannot be enough for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the LDCs”.
Dessima Williams, chairwoman of the Alliance of Small Island States (Aosis), said
“We just had a (Commonwealth) meeting in Trinidad where the figure of $10bn per year was put on the table and that was woefully inadequate,” she said. Source: BBC
Global warming talks spark friction between US and China
During the first four days of talks here aimed at building a truly global agreement to combat global warming, China has lashed out at the US, Europe, and Japan for offering what it sees as inadequate emissions targets.
The head of a bloc of developing countries, known as the G-77, has lashed out at – among others – the Danes, hosts of this gathering, for circulating a draft treaty that the G-77 finds flawed.
Meanwhile, US officials have pointed to China’s anticipated growth over the next several decades and says that math, not politics, is driving Washington’s insistence that China offer more than it has on greenhouse-gas control efforts – and that what they do must be verifiable from beyond the Great Wall. Source: csmonitor.com
PM Hariri will head Lebanese delegation to Copenhagen to discuss global warming
Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal announced that PM Saad Hariri will head a Lebanese delegation to Copenhagen to discuss global warming. Accompanying Hariri will be Rahhal himself and other associations’ and ministry staff.
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