Independent (UK): Following is a snapshot of the main players in the global climate talks, ahead of the December 7-18 conference in Copenhagen. GROUP OF 77 AND CHINA The bloc of developing nations insist rich countries – deemed responsible for today’s warming and best placed to tackle it – commit to legally-binding reductions of their emissions by at least 40 percent annually by 2020 over 1990 levels. They refuse to make binding emissions targets of their own, arguing that they need to …
UN climate talks: The key players
Independent (UK): Following is a snapshot of the main players in the global climate talks, ahead of the December 7-18 conference in Copenhagen. GROUP OF 77 AND CHINA The bloc of developing nations insist rich countries – deemed responsible for today’s warming and best placed to tackle it – commit to legally-binding reductions of their emissions by at least 40 percent annually by 2020 over 1990 levels. They refuse to make binding emissions targets of their own, arguing that they need to …
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