Word: carbonated
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...replace the U.S. as the main obstacle to stronger action. During the IPCC negotiations that took place last week in Bangkok, Chinese delegates-with the support of India and other developing nations-tried to tone down the report, pushing to remove the most ambitious possible targets for future carbon-emission levels. The move failed, but it's unlikely to be the last time China and India drag their feet on climate change. "It's clear that the developed world will not move without something from the developing nations," says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change...
...afford to jeopardize the pace of economic growth for the sake of the environment, the only climate-change solutions they're likely to accept will be ones that come cheap. Fortunately the IPCC says that's possible-the new report concludes that the cost of stabilizing global carbon emissions by 2030 could require as little as one-tenth of a percentage point per year of global growth through the end of the century. Those costs will have to be borne by someone, and the developing nations will rightly push for North America and Europe to pick up the check. Expect...
...Developing nations make the point that they're not responsible for the vast majority of carbon dioxide hanging around in the atmosphere-which was put there by Western countries during their own development over the past 150 years. They argue that their own per capita-emissions rates are still far lower than those of the West, and that, therefore, climate change isn't their responsibility. But future global warming will hinge on how we deal with future carbon emissions-most of which will come from developing Asia. The center of gravity of climate-change politics has moved to China, India...
...consultations will also include what to focus on if there is a high-level meeting, possibly technology, energy efficiency, the carbon market, deforestation or other ideas, she said...
...Brundtland noted that the fight must be joined by the highest producers of emissions, such as the United States, and also major developing countries. The United States is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, a 1997 international treaty that caps the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted from power plants and factories in industrialized countries. Currently, developing countries like China and India are exempt from its obligations...