President Obama Backflip On Climate Could Win Hypocrisy Olympics, Say Activists
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 21:30
in Earth & Climate
Climate change advocacy groups are not happy with U.S. Climate Envoy Todd Stern's recent statement at Dartmouth College renouncing a limit of 2 degree celsius (2C) temperature rise as a global goal for UN climate negotiations. Stern said that agreeing to a framework to achieve the 2C goal would "only lead to deadlock" and that a new agreement should give countries "flexibility." read more
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