Obama to Make a Cameo in Copenhagen

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Obama to Make a Cameo in Copenhagen

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The United States will take part, after all, in next month’s United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen. President Obama will attend the meeting, if only for a day, to do his part for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the White House also announced its provisional plans to significantly reduce U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions by 2020 and beyond. —KA

The Christian Science Monitor:

Whatever Obama’s itinerary, the provisional targets released Wednesday represent a lubricant to the talks. According to a White House statement, the US will offer to reduce US greenhouse-gas emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, 30 percent by 2025, and 42 percent by 2040, en route to 83 percent reductions by 2050.

These provisional targets are “in line with current legislation in both chambers of Congress and demonstrates a significant contribution to a problem that the US has neglected for too long,” according to the statement.

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By watchbird, November 26, 2009 at 4:20 pm Link to this comment

One day of photo-ops.

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By Canada Guy, November 26, 2009 at 8:37 am Link to this comment
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The US and China have finally announced real numbers for their targets to reduce carbon emissions. Unfortunately these numbers, especially from the US, are far too weak. We need a strong agreement at Copenhagen, but this won’t get us there. In many ways, a weak agreement at Copenhagen could be even worse than no agreement, as it would lock in targets too small to make a significant difference.

http://www.selfdestructivebastards.com/2009/11/emissions-targets.html

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By samosamo, November 25, 2009 at 5:11 pm Link to this comment

I am glad o is going to copenhagen again and I hope they treat him/u.s. just like
the olympic committee did a few months back. Maybe o would like to take opie
wynfry with him again also.

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By gerard, November 25, 2009 at 3:48 pm Link to this comment

I’m very glad Obama is going to Copenhagen. There is nothing that discourages other countries like the psychological drag of the Big Giant sitting on top of the Beanstalk, saying, in effect, what you all are doing down there is not important enough for my attention—in fact, it may not even be necessary. Are you sure you’re drowning? Call me later, when my life is really in danger.

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