Dr. Benny Peiser 01.12.2011 14:27 +Feedback
Told you so: Rückschlag für Klimafonds
Die Bemühungen zum Aufbau eines Fonds zur Bekämpfung des Klimawandels und seiner Folgen haben am Mittwoch einen Rückschlag erlitten. Eine Handvoll Staaten blockierte auf der Uno-Klimakonferenz im südafrikanischen Durban die Einrichtung des sogenannten Green Climate Fund.
Peiser, Financial Post 26 November: At the Copenhagen climate summit in 2009, Western nations promised $30-billion between 2010 and 2012 — and $100-billion a year by 2020 — to help poor countries adapt to climate change. But this pledge by developed nations is conditional on China, India and other emerging nations signing up to an international agreement, something that is not going to happen any time soon. In any case, the Obama administration — struggling with an astronomical debt burden and economic sluggishness — is refusing to sign up to any significant wealth transfer (a.k.a. climate funding) to its up-and-coming competitors in the emerging and developing world.
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Kategorie(n): Klima-Debatte