Sunday, September 02, 2012

"No deep cuts now means mass carbon [dioxide] genocide to least developed countries"

EU’s Proposed Emissions Cuts Unacceptable | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online
The Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) composed of more than 2,000 international scientists had reported that the current global temperature is at 1.4° Celsius. Scientist noted that if global temperature reaches the tipping point of 2 degrees Celsius, the effects of climate change will become irreversible.
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“The 20 percent emissions cut offer by the EU means ‘no cuts’ and ‘business as usual’ for countries that are historically responsible for the over-accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This proposed low ambition emissions cut will help kill the planet,” Nacpil said.

“No deep cuts now means mass carbon genocide to least developed countries, especially possible extinction of small island countries,” Rezaul Karim Chowdhury from EquityBD Bangladesh said.

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