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Merrick

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Japan promises proper carbon cuts. If.....

Sep 08, 2009, 10:47

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8241016.stm

For so long the lagger-behind in a race of slowcoaches, Japan's promised a serious carbon cut.

20% by 2020 and - and this is the crucial thing - that's no Obama cut from present levels but from the generally used benchmark of 1990 levels.

The caveat is that there's gotta be a proper agreement from other countries at the Copenhagen talks in December that they'll make serious cuts too.

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ratcni01

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Re: Japan promises proper carbon cuts. If.....

Sep 08, 2009, 10:51

Merrick wrote:

The caveat is that there's gotta be a proper agreement from other countries at the Copenhagen talks in December that they'll make serious cuts too.

Doesn't that mean its doomed to failure or compromise?

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Merrick

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Re: Japan promises proper carbon cuts. If.....

Sep 08, 2009, 14:38

Not necessarily. Several other countries are talking about it too. The EU is saying 20%, or 30% if other people sign up to summat good.

nobody wants to give themselves an expensive shift to low-carbon if other people are gonna keep profitably belching out CO2 and thereby having competitive advantage.

Multilateral agreements need people to say 'I will if you will' in advance.

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