EDITORIAL: A countdown in DenmarkBy
Register-Guard Editorial
Register-Guard
December 10, 2009
Industrialized and developing countries have been at odds over how to fight global warming for years, making unrealistic demands of each other and seizing on their differences as justification for avoiding their own responsibilities. But the Copenhagen summit provides an opportunity to bridge that gap and produce the framework for a fair and effective deal — and just as important, a timetable for turning it into a treaty. The clock is ticking on climate negotiations in Copenhagen. President Obama and more than 100 other heads of state will arrive in Denmark on Dec. 18 to finalize a deal that is being negotiated frantically by delegates to the international climate change summit. Document Actions |
