{"id":109584,"date":"2009-12-17T08:53:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T13:53:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greenerideal.com\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2009-12-17T08:53:03","modified_gmt":"2009-12-17T13:53:03","slug":"copenhagen-climate-conference-day-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/109584","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen Climate Conference: Day 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe possibility of agreement in Copenhagen is all but lost. As world leaders arrived at the UN Climate Change Conference, there ultimately may be nothing for them to vote on.
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\nAs protestors outside the Bella Convention Centre were doused in pepper spray beaten with batons and 230 of them arrested and detained, inside negotiators still dealing with core issues debated until just before dawn, without setting new goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions or for financing poorer countries efforts to cope with climate change, which are viewed as the two key elements if any deal is to be reached.
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\n\u201cWe are extremely disappointed\u201d said Ian Fry, from the tiny Pacific nation of Tuvalu. \u201cI have the feeling of dread, we are on the Titanic and sinking fast. Its time to launch the lifeboats\u201d he added.
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\nAfter nine days of largely unproductive talks, the lower-level delegates are wrapping up the first phase of the two week conference and handing off the disputes to environment ministers in a critical second phase.
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\nWhile there are reports of a new proposal on its way to the conference, any deal is going to be subject to China agreeing to one key point \u2013 third party confirmation. Something they are not willing to consider.
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\nIt may sound very obtuse to suggest that this conference, billed as the most important the world has ever seen, all the hype and fanfare under which it started will come to one single point. Unless China, the worlds largest polluter comes on board, then what is the point?
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\nAnd as of early this morning, China is not changing its position, stating they no longer see a possibility of achieving an operational accord to tackle global warming. Suggesting \u201ca short political declaration of some sort\u201d. It would appear that China has left the building, at least mentally, if not physically.
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\nThe U.S. has put its position on the table \u2013 17% cut from 2005 levels by 2020 \u2013 a far cry from the 34% cut developing countries are looking for. The US also signalled a willingness to pay their \u201cfair share\u201d into a 10 billion US dollar fund to help developing countries. They also stressed that President Barack Obama won\u2019t be bringing anything to the talks beyond what has been promised. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to promise something we don\u2019t have\u201d said Todd Stern, chief of the US delegation.
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\nThe US, the worlds second largest polluter, has the loudest voice when it comes to calling on China to allow inspectors in to verify that reductions are being made. The US does not believe they would be able to get any change through the House and Senate without China agreeing to inspectors.
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\nWith less than 48 hours to go, unless these two countries can find some common ground, the possibility of any substantial deal is looking very grim indeed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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