The climate in the hands of China and the U.S.
Despite signs stormy, is still wrecked the UN Summit on Climate Change to be held in Copenhagen in December. After a moment of closure to the possibility of reaching mandatory targets, China and the U.S. retrace their steps to admit that you will need an agreement with immediate effect.
On 15 November, Barack Obama and Hu Jintao, leaders of two countries that are most responsible for greenhouse gas in the world, had declared that Copenhagen would not have been a success. With a "G2" were thrown in air years of diplomatic negotiations global. A serious blow to Europe, which was ousted by a decision as important and has already pledged to reduce by 20 percent its emissions by 2020.
Obama presented himself as the president of the "green economy", but after the battles on the domestic health care reform, can not count on the necessary majority to push through real changes on energy policy and environment. The economic crisis does not allow him to annoy China, which is the largest holder of U.S. government bonds and also the first exporter to his country. Obama takes time and proposed the strategy of an agreement in two stages, delaying the appointment in a year in Mexico City.
The UN's Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change, however, in a hurry and warns that the proposed solutions, as well as being urgent, will not avoid the damage but at least able to restrict them.
The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, continues to work in Copenhagen are approved because some key elements: binding targets for CO2 reduction for developed countries, funds to developing countries for environmental innovation and global rules that ensure compliance with commitments that countries sign it.
The capital of Denmark, meanwhile, is preparing to welcome not only leaders but also the tens of thousands of activists in December that invade it. They want to save the planet from collapse announced by science. Their slogan is "If the climate were a bank you would have saved him." A new mass, evolved than the people of Seattle, perhaps more mature but no less creative. Stress that the victims of climate are millions and, according to scientific predictions, will increase becoming fuse of new conflicts. Their eyes are focused above all on the same days that Obama will be in Scandinavia to receive the award Nobel Peace Prize.
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