“As usual, the annual UN global warming meeting in Nairobi has provided a world stage for empty rhetoric and moral posturing from bureaucrats, environmental pressure groups, and the European Union,” said Myron Ebell, Director of Energy & Global Warming Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Delegates had planned to begin crafting a new set of mandatory emissions reduction beyond the year 2012, when the current requirements of the Kyoto Protocol expire. So far, the parties have been unable to agree to any post-2012 framework, and have even been unable to endorse some related voluntary measures.
“No progress was made toward agreeing to a second round of emissions cuts after 2012 for the simple reason that emissions have been rising more rapidly in the European Union-15 than in the
As in previous meetings, developing countries with rapidly rising emissions have resisted pressure to join the small group of nations which face mandatory emissions reductions under the Kyoto Protocol. Many delegates have instead argued that the wealthiest nations in the world fund the development of alternative energy technologies, particularly in
