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Originally Posted by classicman
I think its premature to judge whether Copenhagen was positive or negative. However others who were there and in differing capacities some leaders others not felt that it was a failure.
Fact - 160 nations merely "took note" of the Copenhagen Climate Treaty. Most of them because they felt the political need to do so. They couldn't come out of there with nothing. They needed a showpiece, something no matter how meaningless to say " Look what we did". In reality, it is worth little more than the paper they wasted to place their signatures upon. Most of the countries didn't sign because they realized it was too weak and little more than a political declaration meant to conceal the failure of the conference.
Only several countries (30 out of 190) signed the agreement. Most analysts outside the US say the Copenhagen talks have failed.
These are just a few of the opinions of people who were there and who are far more knowledgeable than us.
The more I read about the world view outside of the US, the more I see that this was nothing short of a failure.
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What happpend to:
I always provide the link to the entire article for those who wish to read it..
Where's the link?
SO most countries didnt like or sign the final accord, which btw, was not a treaty, but a framework for the developed countries....and the hard core singled-minded environmentalists didnt like it.
The fact is that the countries that matter...the ones that will be most accountable...did sign the accord. I dont particular care, nor does it matter, if Mauritius or Granada or even Sweden and dozens of other countries didnt sign it.
And IMO, your characterization of Obama
"acting as though he could walk in and schmooze and all will be well" was Limbaughish and partisan.
But you're not partisan. You just knew what Obama was thinking and how he intended to act going into the conference.
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From your first line
"I think its premature to judge whether Copenhagen was positive or negative..."
To your last line
"......the more I see that this was nothing short of a failure."
Now that is Classic!