"The game seems to be that all countries pick a politically safe number.India is now joining that game. And the game started with the United States."Navroz K. Dubash
India Center for Policy Research
"...Last week, President Obama announced that the United States, the world's second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, after China, would set a provisional target to cut its total greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and 83 percent by 2050. The next day, the Chinese government announced a target to slow emissions by reducing carbon intensity levels by 40 to 45 percent by 2020, compared with 2005 levels.Neither the Chinese nor the American plan satisfied many critics, who want both countries to commit to far bolder steps. Navroz K. Dubash, a climate change specialist in New Delhi, said the American pledge was actually a lesser commitment than it would have been obligated to meet under the Kyoto Protocol, which the United States refused to ratify. Mr. Dubash said that India had become a more constructive participant in climate change negotiations, but that the flurry of pre-Copenhagen announcements did not represent a breakthrough response to the crisis..."
Read more of India Announces Plan to Slow Emissions at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
And as the much-heralded UN climate change conference opens in Copenhagen, Denmark today, a huge stormfront starts across the US, dropping heavy snowfalls from Nevada through Colorado as it makes it way across the country. Forcasters predict 10-15 inches of unseasonably heavy snowfall in Iowa and central Wisconsin as the storm makes its way towards New England.
ReplyDeleteFunny how this all works. Seems like anytime there is a significant global warming meeting, rally, cor conference, mother nature sends a reality check.
I never liked the term "lake effect snow," but I am starting to warm to the idea (no pun intended) of "Gore effect snow."