Developed nations must take responsibility for their historic emissions and contribute the funds and transfer of technologies to developing countries needed to help avoid unsafe climate change We are only days away from the climate change summit in Paris. Several world leaders are likely to be present to applaud a successful outcome,which is virtually guaranteed since the bar has been set so low in terms of effort expected from the major industrialized economies. Under the UN process which the negotiations maintain been taking site, countries are required only to present their climate pledges (known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, and INDCs,which are voluntary and subject to an international review but with no strict compliance procedure. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com