http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7145608.stm
2007-12-15 03:12:42 · 7 answers · asked by Mancloud 3 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
At Bali (only), yes. Note that the article also includes Canada and Japan in the "bad guys" group.
Overall, there's plenty of blame to go around. China is hardly a model (yet). And many nations are nowhere near accomplishing the Kyoto targets they signed up to.
Thanks for posting a good and objective article.
I'm not much for blaming people. I just want the world to go forward with a new treaty, one that will work.
2007-12-15 03:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bob 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yes the results at Bali were very disappointing and most countries are failing to address the problems adequately.
The USA could have influenced both developed and developing nations to commit to far more positive action but by holding out against specific limits it gave everybody an opportunity to agree to more talks instead of action.
We can only hope that the forthcoming elections in the USA will produce a more enlightened government so that progress on climate change control can begin. But time will have been lost and the controls will need to be more severe in consequence.
In the meantime, people can help by taking action themselves. This will make subsequent governmental action easier, it will demonstrate to the politicians that they can win votes by adopting sustainable policies and it will demonstrate to other people that the simpler lifestyles necessary can be more fun than trying to keep up with the neighbours in their consumerism habits.
Best wishes for a simple Christmas.
2007-12-15 12:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yes. With almost every country in the world pressing for action on climate chnage and the overwhelming majority of American citizens doing likewise, the stance adopted by the American delegation was truly undemocratic, non-representative and inwardly focussed.
Democracy is one of the great American traditions and as such the US delegation should have conceded that they represented a tiny minority and were at odds with the experts and other representatives. It's hardly surprising that they were booed and jeered.
Ultimately they did a U-turn and have agreed to set in motion two years of negotiations to draw up a binding policy. I would imagine however, that little progress will be made by the US for the first year but subtantial progress will be made in the second.
2007-12-15 11:26:07 · answer #3 · answered by Trevor 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
uh... aren't we the bad guys?
We all live in the suburbs and drive SUVs an hour back and forth to work each day. Live in houses that are twice as big as we need them, etc.
on the good side- were not overpopulating the world as our growth in the US is relatively low.
2007-12-15 12:43:18 · answer #4 · answered by Morey000 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
wake up!!! the us are seen as the bad guys in practically every sphere of modern life
2007-12-15 13:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Right? that depends on who decides what is right. I better question would be why should we care, I know I don't.
2007-12-15 13:12:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
yup
2007-12-15 11:15:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋