US, Saudi, China rank among worst on climate change: group

[deadparrot]

NAIROBI (AFP) - Oil-consuming giants the United States and China along with oil-producing behemoth Saudi Arabia rank among the world's worst countries in dealing wth climate change, a report said.

Their dependence on fossil fuels coupled with what some see as short-sighted energy policies earned them the dubious distinction of placing at or near the bottom of a survey of 56 industrialized or industrializing nations, it said.

The United States, the world's leading polluter, ranked 53 in the annual study by Germanwatch, a German environmental group, released here on the sidelines of a UN climate change conference.

Saudi Arabia placed dead last, while China fell from 29 on last year's list to 54, according to the survey based on an evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions and climate policy, it said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/unclimaterank

[xultar]

1. BUHWAWWAWA! The most opressive and regressive regimes!

:rofl:

[LynnTheDem]

2. We're sure keeping different company since bush.

Up there with China, Iraq, Iran & Saudi for death penalty and torture and disappearing people.

Worse than Pakistan for infant mortality and press freedoms.

Worst in the world for polluting.

Way to go, bush, you stupid MFer!

[RedEarth]

3. Sweden Tops Climate Change Efforts, U.S. Near Bottom, Environmentalists Say

November 14, 2006 — By Elizabeth A. Kennedy, Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups.

The United States -- the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases -- ranked at 53, with only China, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia doing worse.

"We don't have any winners, we only have countries that are better compared to others," said Matthias Duwe of the Climate Action Network-Europe, which released the data at the U.N. climate conference. "We don't have big shining stars."

The index ranks 56 countries that were part of a 1992 climate treaty or that contribute at least 1 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The countries make up 90 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. The calculations by the environmental group Germanwatch took into account emissions levels, emissions trends and climate policy.

About one-quarter of the energy consumed in Sweden in 2003 came from renewable sources -- more than four times as much as the European Union average of 6 percent. In Stockholm, one-quarter of city buses run on ethanol or biogas. The country with the worst ranking was Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter. Duwe said the kingdom's policies generally block attempts to reduce greenhouse gases.


http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11653

[rodeodance]

4. i am ashamed of our country related to this issue.

[damntexdem]

5. But at least China produces cleaner cars than the U.S. does.

The U.S. would do better to IMPROVE to China's record in some areas.