So, the game plan is to cut our own emissions to force developing countries to commit to cutting their own emissions as well? Didnt we commit to that already? Or is the game plan get bullied by developing countries to protect our economic ties with them? Mr. La Viña, the Philippine negotiator who was also Mr. Saño’s law professor at the University of the Philippines, said he admired his former student’s passion. But Mr. La Viña questioned the efficacy of tearful, angry demands that rich countries make “climate justice” amends to poor countries. “Everyone’s heard that,” he said. Such an approach, while it may be morally justified, does not play well at the negotiating table, Mr. La Viña said. That is why the Philippine delegation this year is not spotlighting its prominent activist, but rather the fact that it intends to put forward a plan to reduce its own emissions.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 23:45:40 +0000
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