Bali: U.S., China Not Ready to Limit Climate EmissionsAt the half-way point of the UN climate change conference in Bali, delegates from the world's biggest polluters, the United States and China, are declining to commit to the steep cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases scientists say are necessary to avert the worst impacts of global warming. The senior U.S. negotiator said Washington would draft its own plan to cut emissions gases by mid-2008, and would not commit to mandatory caps at Bali. "We're not ready to do that here," said Ambassador Harlan Watson.
A Chinese goverment climate expert who is part of the Chinese delegation in Bali conference says developing nations like China need not adopt binding emissions cuts because they have not been pumping out greenhouse gases as long as industrialized countries.
Note EU-Digest: "the arguments by the US and China expressed at Bali show little foresight and advanced thinking. They are unfortunately motivated by greed and short term economic profit."
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