The two-week Copenhagen climate summit, which had seen a deadlock between leaders has finally come to some sort of conclusion as key states reach what they refer to as a “meaningful agreement.”
President Obama said the US, China, Brazil, India and South Africa had “agreed to set a mitigation target to limit warming to no more than 2C and, importantly, to take action to meet this objective”.
He added: “We are confident that we are moving in the direction of a significant accord.”
Although the Copenhagen meeting was attended by 192 countries, the outcome ultimately turned on relations between the US and China as the US pressed for monitoring of each country’s progress, suspicious that China would secretly renege on any carbon-cutting agreement.
Sweden’s Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt pressured the US and China to come to an agreement, saying: ”The U.S. and China account for almost half the world’s emissions. They simply must do their part. If they don’t, we will not be able to meet the 2 degree target.”
President Barack Obama said that the agreement serves as a foundation for global action but there was “much further to go.”
February 19th, 2010 at 4:11 am
All these Toyota recalls are doing a great deal of harm to their brand. more than 2 million autos in the United States to correct sticking gas pedals. over 4 million vehicles in the US to rectify pedals getting lodged below floor mats. 690,000 vehicles in China as a result of defective electrical window switches. Toyota ceo on Television to apologise for recall and still the press stress more concerns as the company gets more tormented. I question how much brand value this has cost the company.
May 30th, 2010 at 4:00 am
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