In China, the Chinese national government signaled that it wishes to lower expectations that it will agree to emissions caps under the new Copenhagen climate treaty schedule to be finalized this December. The treaty, which would take effect in 2012, will replace the Kyoto Treaty. China and India were exempted as developing nations from the Kyoto emission caps.
The Chinese have set a target of reducing energy intensity by 4 percent relative to GDP and made their target for 2008 after missing in both 2006 and 2007. India has also indicated it is unlikely to agree to an emissions cap. owing to national economic development imperatives.
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SCIPIO | Feb 11, 2009 | Reply
Am I correct in my interpretation of India’s reason for refusal to develop their economy in a green manner (thus getting it right the first time) as basically telling all other nations that India’s pocketbook is so much more important than everybody else’s that it’s supposed to be acceptable to every other nation on Earth to have our sacrifices and hard work on reducing emissions to blunt the coming effects of Climate Change to be nullified in whole or in part by India’s unnecessary emissions motivated by India’s knuckling under to human nature’s influence to get rich quick at all other’s expense?
If so, shame on India. If not, my apologies to India along with a polite request for a more specific justification for India’s not making the adjustment like the rest of us and getting with the program. We’re all trying to use going green, to get some green. I know this is not an alien concept to India. I receive information requests from India frequently. Which is why I will reserve further comment.