Emissions cap for poor unlikely at Bali talks - Reuters

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Emissions cap for poor unlikely at Bali talks
Fri Dec 7, 2007 6:12am EST

By Gerard Wynn

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Chances that developing
nations such as China would agree to cut greenhouse gas
emissions receded on Friday as U.N. talks inched forward in
seeking a new world pact by 2009 to fight global warming.

"Nothing's been ruled out," said Yvo de Boer, head of the
U.N. Climate Change Secretariat at the December 3-14 talks
among 190 nations in a luxury beach resort in Bali, Indonesia.

"Binding commitments for developing countries are not off
the table but are crawling towards the edge," he said of the
possibility that developing nations would agree to join many
rich nations in capping greenhouse gas emissions.

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Delegates must find words equally palatable to rich countries
such as the United States and Japan, which want developing
nations to fight climate change harder, and the likes of China
and India, which want to be paid to take such effort.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSSP13425920071207

[razzleberry]

1. electricty users will be targeted .n/t

[amandabeech]

2. India and China could at least use the most efficient technology

for new coal-fired electricity plants, which I think this is about.

China right now buys older style plants from Chinese firms instead of using its foreign exchange to license better designs.

I have read some reports that old, dirty plants dismantled here in the U.S. are re-assembled overseas instead of recycling what can be and disposing of the remains.

I guess the developing countries won't do anything to mitigate emissions until the U.S. emits the same amount of carbon per capita as they do.

I don't expect to see that in my lifetime.