The United Nations climate change talks at Bali opened with a standing ovation for Australia which, under newly minted prime minister Kevin Rudd, signed on to the Kyoto Protocol yesterday.
"I think I can speak for all present here by expressing a sigh of relief," conference host and Indonesian Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar told the opening session .
Well, not everyone Rachmat. There are two spoilers at Bali who are left merely to sigh in resignation - that would be Canada and the United States of America.
"It was an emotional and spontaneous reaction to a very significant decision to ratify the Kyoto Protocol," Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Secretariat, said of the ovation.
De Boer told delegates rich nations had to agree to axe emissions from burning fossil fuels to encourage poor countries to start braking their own rising emissions.
"Bold action in the north can fuel clean growth in the south," he said, urging a sharing of clean energy technologies such as solar or wind power. "I fervently hope you will make a breakthrough here in Bali by adopting a negotiating agenda."
4 comments:
Sorry Johnathon or Fred Bracken or Fred Flintstone or whoever you are, this is no place for you any longer. You're binned, so just go away and play in traffic.
Fuck you goof.
You liberal dummy.
You moderate your garbage goes unchallenged.
How Liberal.
Faggot.
I was going to bin Johnathon again but I thought I'd leave this up as a tribute to his rightwing nutjob mentality. I'm sure his mother must be very proud of her slimey, putrid little vulgarian. Now Johnathon, back into heavy traffic with you.
well John..whatever.. is a shining example of the angry, illiterate homophobic right wingers that are out there voting and watching NASCAR.
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