Friends of the Earth called the sudden turn of events “a disaster for the world’s poorest.” Avaaz (which means “voice” in many languages) slammed the “historic failure,” saying it marked “the collapse of international efforts to sign a binding global treaty that can stop catastrophic climate change.”
Oxfam International described the climate deal as “a historical cop-out” and “a triumph of spin over substance.”
Said the World Wide Fund for Nature: “After years of negotiations we now have a declaration of will which does not bind anyone and therefore fails to guarantee a safer future for next generations.”
Obama throws climate change talks into uproar - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
China has voluntarily launched mitigation measures and put the munder the supervision of domestic law and mass media, said Wen.
China is also willing to carry out international dialogue and cooperation on transparency of its mitigation measures, he said.
The Chinese side welcomes the promise of the United States to provide financial support to the least developed countries, said Wen, noting that the key is to take concrete action to help developing countries deal with climate change.
Chinese premier meets Obama over climate change_English_Xinhua
Forgive me, but going to Denmark where everyone with the exception of a few agree with your position and then emerge and say we have a non-binding agreement is basically like saying that the entire Pittsburgh Steelers Offense agree's to try to move the ball down the field. The Chinese are happy that the US is committed to borrowing more money from them to improve their infrastructure at the American taxpayers expense so that they can meet climate change goals which they don't intend to meet anyway. If this is what is now considered a win, then that is a large lowering of expectations,
Oxfam International described the climate deal as “a historical cop-out” and “a triumph of spin over substance.”
Said the World Wide Fund for Nature: “After years of negotiations we now have a declaration of will which does not bind anyone and therefore fails to guarantee a safer future for next generations.”
Obama throws climate change talks into uproar - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos
China has voluntarily launched mitigation measures and put the munder the supervision of domestic law and mass media, said Wen.
China is also willing to carry out international dialogue and cooperation on transparency of its mitigation measures, he said.
The Chinese side welcomes the promise of the United States to provide financial support to the least developed countries, said Wen, noting that the key is to take concrete action to help developing countries deal with climate change.
Chinese premier meets Obama over climate change_English_Xinhua
Forgive me, but going to Denmark where everyone with the exception of a few agree with your position and then emerge and say we have a non-binding agreement is basically like saying that the entire Pittsburgh Steelers Offense agree's to try to move the ball down the field. The Chinese are happy that the US is committed to borrowing more money from them to improve their infrastructure at the American taxpayers expense so that they can meet climate change goals which they don't intend to meet anyway. If this is what is now considered a win, then that is a large lowering of expectations,
