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Climate Change: Countries Demand Compensation
CLIMATE CHANGE:
Poor and Vulnerable Countries Demand Compensation
Marcela Valente - IPS News Agency
"For our countries, climate change is more catastrophic than terrorism." This was how the delegate from Tanzania summed up the stance of the world's 48 least developed countries at the 10th Conference of Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which opened Monday in Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 6 (IPS) - "For our countries, climate change is more catastrophic than terrorism." This was how the delegate from Tanzania summed up the stance of the world's 48 least developed countries at the 10th Conference of Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-10), which opened Monday here in the Argentine capital.
The Tanzanian delegation's sentiments were echoed throughout the opening session of the conference. Almost all of the countries whose representatives took the floor expressed their satisfaction over the imminent entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the first international instrument aimed at reducing so-called greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to global warming.
During the opening session of COP-10, which has brought together 5,400 delegates from 189 countries, the Argentine minister of health, Gin
Poor and Vulnerable Countries Demand Compensation
Marcela Valente - IPS News Agency
"For our countries, climate change is more catastrophic than terrorism." This was how the delegate from Tanzania summed up the stance of the world's 48 least developed countries at the 10th Conference of Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which opened Monday in Buenos Aires.
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 6 (IPS) - "For our countries, climate change is more catastrophic than terrorism." This was how the delegate from Tanzania summed up the stance of the world's 48 least developed countries at the 10th Conference of Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-10), which opened Monday here in the Argentine capital.
The Tanzanian delegation's sentiments were echoed throughout the opening session of the conference. Almost all of the countries whose representatives took the floor expressed their satisfaction over the imminent entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol, the first international instrument aimed at reducing so-called greenhouse gas emissions, which lead to global warming.
During the opening session of COP-10, which has brought together 5,400 delegates from 189 countries, the Argentine minister of health, Gin
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