Global Issues: Environmental Concerns - Copenhagen Summit undone by ‘arrogance’?
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More on the weather. The BBC has another article entitled Copenhagen climate summit undone by arrogance which ties in with the key issue of states and their ability or willingness to co-operate on climate change. The article highlights that ‘rich’ countries had failed to take account of the concerns of ‘poorer’ countries:
“The “disappointing” outcome of December’s climate summit was largely down to “arrogance” on the part of rich countries, according to Lord Stern. The economist told BBC News that the US and EU nations had not understood well enough the concerns of poorer nations. But, he said, the summit had led to a number of countries outlining what they were prepared to do to curb emissions.”
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