Obama and other world leaders fess up: No climate change deal likely in December
November 16, 2009 at 12:15 pm by Katie M.
After all the efforts from people around the globe to get our world leaders to listen up and take action against climate change in December in Copenhagen, it looks like things aren’t going to be changing any time soon.
Yesterday, President Obama and leaders from the rest of the world’s top economic powers finally fessed up that they don’t believe major progress concerning climate change can be achieved by the end of the year.
Mike Froman, a White House deputy national security adviser, told reporters that none of the leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum “thought it was likely we would reach a final agreement in Copenhagen, and yet they felt it was important that Copenhagen be a step forward.”
President Obama is hoping that the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month will be the first in a two-step process for bigger change in the future.
Froman went on to say, “I think the two steps was meant to reflect the realistic assessment that it was unrealistic to expect a full legally binding international agreement to be reached between now and when Copenhagen starts in 22 days.” He also stated that the second step in this process would be a binding deal on cutting carbon emissions, which would have to be negotiated further at some point in the future.
When will the progress so many have been fighting for be made and how long will we have to wait for it?
Read more in this article from CNN.
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