Reaching a climate deal in Copenhagen will depend on rich nations» proactive commitment to making mandatory emission cuts at home, prominent experts from India and China reiterate in a couple of opinion pieces in Nature [subscription] today. (blogs.nature.com)
Just a few days later, he backtracked embarrassingly when he realized the economic cost to Australia, but he was welcomed at least provisionally into the fold of the group favoring mandatory emissions cuts, a group led by the European Union. (firstthings.com)