Wait. What? Easterly and Sachs Agree! | Mike Russell
They both seem to be saying that COP15 was a waste of time.
Jeff’s response can be found here. He’s angry:
Two years of climate change negotiations have now ended in a farce in Copenhagen. Rather than grappling with complex issues, President Barack Obama decided instead to declare victory with a vague statement of principles agreed with four other countries.
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Obama’s decision to declare a phony negotiating victory undermines the UN process by signaling that rich countries will do what they want and must no longer listen to the “pesky” concerns of many smaller and poorer countries.
While Bill simply says what he always says (“poetic” spacing his, via Aid Watch):
Sorry to give the bad news evidence, but just think:
for several decades, we have had tons of international summits
almost all of them have failed to produce anything of value
Why do we keep setting our expectations so high?
Maybe we should try some other path of change besides the Big International Summit?





