So it’s back to square one again! When the G8 nations were just looking like taking the climate issue seriously, the developing nations decided to play the spoilsport. Actually, the major developed and developing nations had agreed and pledged to work towards the climate change and other environmental issues during the recent meet in Tokyo that went side by side with the G8 summit. But they shied away from any concrete declarations yet again!
The G8 nations in fact had agreed on halving the greenhouse emissions by 2050. But some of the developing nations, whose names were not disclosed, expressed their concerns regarding the specified limit and the language used. Although the U.S. led, 17-member group issued the final statement emphasizing on sustainable growth, they failed to specify any strict target. Critics feel that without any targets this declaration is meaningless. Another point drawing criticism is the grouping of nations thus excluding some smaller and seemingly unimportant nations which are likely to be hit the most by the climate change.
The paranoia of certain developing nations might have arisen from the fact that the developed nations themselves are not having a very clean record as far as the environment is concerned. The Kyoto protocol itself has failed to deliver due to such stubborn stance by certain nations. Secondly they are not willing to sacrifice the newly achieved economic momentum by pressurizing their industries with such emission cuts. But we will have to see how far they can continue like this. The UN has also endorsed even deeper cuts and possibly a midterm goal by 2020 as 2050 might be too late. Some developing nations are also supporting this notion and we can only hope that the others will also join the bandwagon forgetting short term benefits and will provide us some clean air to breathe.
Source Yahoo