US rejects all proposals on climate change The US has rejected any prospect of a deal on climate change at the G8 summit in Germany next month, according to a leaked document. Despite Tony Blair's declaration on Thursday that Washington would sign up to "at least the beginnings" of action to cut carbon emissions, a note attached to a draft document circulated by Germany says the US is "fundamentally opposed" to the proposals? The note, written in red ink, says the deal "runs counter to our overall position and crosses multiple 'red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to". [The] tone is blunt, with whole pages of the draft crossed out and even the mildest statements about confirming previous agreements rejected. "The proposals within the sections titled 'Fighting Climate Change' and 'Carbon Markets' are fundamentally incompatible with the President's approach to climate change," says another red-ink comment.
The US has rejected any prospect of a deal on climate change at the G8 summit in Germany next month, according to a leaked document.
Despite Tony Blair's declaration on Thursday that Washington would sign up to "at least the beginnings" of action to cut carbon emissions, a note attached to a draft document circulated by Germany says the US is "fundamentally opposed" to the proposals?
The note, written in red ink, says the deal "runs counter to our overall position and crosses multiple 'red lines' in terms of what we simply cannot agree to".
[The] tone is blunt, with whole pages of the draft crossed out and even the mildest statements about confirming previous agreements rejected. "The proposals within the sections titled 'Fighting Climate Change' and 'Carbon Markets' are fundamentally incompatible with the President's approach to climate change," says another red-ink comment.
How many times they will have to learn the lesson: you make one step back for Bush, you will get bulldozered for three steps more.
Bush is a convenient excuse for Europe to do nothing. Bush is a symptom, not the disease.
Moreover, France has fewer emissions per capita than most other developped countries (but not Sweden, Switzerland, etc ..) because of its extensive use of nuclear power. The generalization of this model to the whole world is a) doubtful, b) wouldn't solve the climate change crisis (see above), and c) would probably engender its own set of problems.
