{"id":1525,"date":"2009-12-09T11:23:22","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T16:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:53:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:53:07","slug":"copenhagen-gets-off-to-a-shaky-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/copenhagen-gets-off-to-a-shaky-start\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen gets off to a shaky start"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first two days of the COP15, the Copenhagen climate summit designed to produce a binding treaty whereby the international community will commit itself to reduce carbon emissions, has been plagued with controversy. That is because of a leaked Danish document that allegedly favors the rich and takes from the poor, who will be more heavily burdened to cut emissions.
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According to the Daily Telegraph<\/a>, Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chief negotiator for the G77, a group of 130 developing nations including China, said rich nations have a stronger moral obligation to cut greenhouse gases. While he defends that a substantial amount of money should be paid to poorer nations, money transferring alone is not the solution and would amount to paying someone to become ill. <\/p>\n

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On the renewable energy front, the Associated Press writes<\/a> that General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt yesterday told a renewable conference on renewable energy he hoped COP15 would prompt the United States to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153develop a green energy policy to grow the economy\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. <\/p>\n

The Amazon, of course, is a topic that needs to be addressed at the COP15 and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s being discussed today during a panel called \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Amazon Fund<\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a practical application of REDD initiatives\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. The presentation will explain how this fund is being managed and how approved projects will contribute to reduce deforestation.
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Protest at COP15<\/em><\/p>\n

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