Showing posts with label Editorial. Show all posts
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Kyoto protocol v/s Copenhagen

Monday, April 26, 2010 1 comments

Temperatures seem to rise at the global summit in Copenhagen , there seems to be no consensus emerging to battle global warming that is threatening to ruin the eco-system of countries-rich and poor alike round the world. The evidence is mounting –from the rising water levels in Bangladesh to the melting polar ice sheets in the Arctic.

The block of developed countries attempts to lay down the climate change burden onto the shoulders of the developing countries disregarding the fact that they (West) are responsible for at least 60 % of the total CO2 emission. Yet, they have been insisting that the developing countries take on legally binding and specific obligations to reduce their carbon emission. They conveniently turn a blind eye to their own outcomes and consequences in defecting the green earth.
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