Previous Post: Food waste turns stomachs in environmental circles   Next Post: Brazil Aims to Prevent Land Grabs in Amazon

Copenhagen climate deal shows new world order may be led by U.S., China

The Washington Post – If the talks that resulted in an imperfect deal to combat global warming provided anything, it was a glimpse into a new world order in which international diplomacy will increasingly be shaped by the United States and emerging powers, most notably China. Friday’s agreement, sources involved in the talks said, boiled down to President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao personally hammering out a pact both could live with, even if many other leaders could not. Wen even squelched his own negotiator’s protests. Read article


Tags: , , , , ,

No Replies

Feel free to leave a reply using the form below!


Leave a Reply