What did Iran say that was a criticism of the climate talks and the United States?
After a very public showdown with the United States in the early days of the global climate talks, China found itself attacked by smaller developing countries for benefiting more than anyone else from carbon credit funding. And as the countdown to the end of negotiations began, Beijing was seen deflecting criticism that it was the stumbling block to reaching a deal. Describing the fighting camps in Copenhagen in terms borrowed from the famous “Art of War of Suntzu,” the ‘China Times’ newspaper said Beijing’s gloom about the talks was growing and there was no sign of any “ceasefire” in sight. The ongoing United Nations climate change conference in the Danish capital, which began on Dec. 7, is now in its final phase. Within government circles and environmental lobbies alike, there is clear awareness of the importance of China’s role in reaching an agreement. “This is the first time for China to work on green cooperation internationally,” says Hu Angang, prominent economist and campaigner
Key United Nations climate talks temporarily broke down Wednesday after major emitters refused to back a call from Tuvalu for a legally-binding text to be agreed in Copenhagen. The low-lying Pacific state, whose survival is threatened by rising sea levels, had asked delegates from more than 190 countries to work on a new protocol designed to force big emission cuts around the globe. But its demand was opposed by China and India, among others, forcing a suspension in the negotiations. “For the world’s most vulnerable countries, like Tuvalu, this is about survival. It’s about whether the rest of the world is serious about stopping climate change,” said Martin Kaiser of Greenpeace, a pressure group. Kaiser accused China and India of wanting to “skip the discussion on legal form altogether,” but also accused the United States and other industrial nations of keeping quiet on the issue. China and the US, which has not ratified the existing, legally-binding Kyoto protocol on emission targets,
After a very public showdown with the United States in the early days of the global climate talks, China found itself attacked by smaller developing countries for benefiting more than anyone else from carbon credit funding. And as the countdown to the end of negotiations began, Beijing was seen deflecting criticism that it was the stumbling block to reaching a deal. Describing the fighting camps in Copenhagen in terms borrowed from the famous “Art of War of Suntzu,” the ‘China Times’ newspaper said Beijing’s gloom about the talks was growing and there was no sign of any “ceasefire” in sight. The ongoing United Nations climate change conference in the Danish capital, which began on Dec. 7, is now in its final phase. Within government circles and environmental lobbies alike, there is clear awareness of the importance of China’s role in reaching an agreement. “This is the first time for China to work on green cooperation internationally,” says Hu Angang, prominent economist and campaigner
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed the United States on Thursday as an oil-addicted warmonger and insisted every nation have access to “clean and renewable energy sources”, including nuclear. “For about a century, oil has constituted the basic and strategic components of US security foreign policy, the same role it played for the previous empires,” Ahmadinejad said at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. “During this period, oil-rich regions of the world became the theatres of wars and military adventurism that led to foreign domination on their energy resources.” Sources: http://news.yahoo.
