Ambitions for 2009 UN climate pact fade in Poznan | Reuters
The most many now hope for is agreement next year on the principles of a pact, though a few say this is too pessimistic.
"A suitable aspiration and a great achievement (in Copenhagen) would be agreement on the principles for negotiation, not a text," said Robert Stavins, professor of business and government at Harvard University.
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Here's hoping countries make more progress than principles agreement-
There are pretty intense changes in US energy (especially driving) habits taking place. One exciting development is that we are consuming more than 5% less oil in ‘08 and thus carbon emissions are poised to fall 2.5% this year. See details at:
http://setenergy.org/2008/11/13/a-banner-year-for-us-climate-research-sees-sharp-emissions-drop/
Even China emissions are falling this quarter as electricity consumption falls a record in November. See details at: http://setenergy.org/2008/12/05/china-power-generation-falls-record-amount-climate-hope-alive/
The real challenge will be how we continue emissions reduction once the economy picks up again.
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Onwards to sustainability,
Dennis
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