EU climate aid: The politicians are the only winners in this deal | David Adam | guardian.co.uk
Gordon Brown called it a significant breakthrough, yet the green groups label it as disappointing and fatally flawed - welcome to the opening exchanges of the world's attempt to finalise a new global deal on climate change.American Thinker Blog: Gore Gone Wild: Predicts 220 Foot Sea Level Rise in 10 years
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The agreement is a model of political negotiation, in that each national leader gets to go home and report victory to their domestic audiences. Brown, the UK prime minister, gets the credit for forcing through an overall figure, while the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, can point out that Europe has not actually committed itself to provide any specific funds, keeping that card up its sleeve. Meanwhile the heads of the member states most reluctant to put their hands in their pockets, such as Poland, have won concessions on what they are expected to pay upfront.
Language issues? Perhaps -- that’s why I’ve contacted Mr. Husain for further confirmation and will update this entry should I receive relevant advice.
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So basically the situation "everybody wins" - concerning the leaders presenting their countries. Talking about the green groups, the situation is as usual. Changes and improvements are proclaimed, but in fact no real effect (except for the greenhouse one...a little black humour). To express my opinion I am actually very sceptic about any climate aid that could be effective towards lessening the global climate issues, because we still need to live the lives we are used to and to keep that standard we will always keep producing all means of stuff harming the environment. Lorne
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