global warming is just burning the world apart. and yes i do believe little hands can change the world! one problem, we need more than just a small hand.
There are only seven months until the global community plans to adopt a successor climate treaty to the failed Kyoto Protocol in Copenhagen, but negotiators are far apart on the most important issues-binding emissions cuts and paying for a global green energy revolution. Hereâs a quick run down of the stakeholders bargaining positions.
On binding emissions reductions:
Developing countries refuse to reduce emissions. They want developed countries to commit to 40% cuts by 2020. The European Union wants developed countries to commit to 30% cuts by 2020. The Obama administration proposes 18% cuts by 2020, but it wants significant participation from rapidly growing developing countries such as India and China. In the United States Congress, Reps. Henry Waxman (D-California) and Edward Markey
