climate change conference in Bali: an update and a quiz
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has opened high-level talks at the climate change conference in Bali with a call to action.
He said that if no action was taken, the world would face impacts such as drought, famine and rising sea levels.Delegates are hoping to agree a “Bali roadmap” leading to further cuts in greenhouse gas emissions when the Kyoto Protocol targets expire in 2012.
The US and Canada are among countries opposed to further binding targets.
Why be opposed to binding targets?
a) to avoid accountability
b) to avoid responsibility
c) to admit anything is “binding” is to relinquishment a sense of control.
d) duh, the needs of the natural world are not as important as the needs of our economic system
e) all of the above