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Cancun ends with modest climate deal
POLITICO ^ | 12/11/10 10:38 PM EST | DARREN SAMUELSOHN

Posted on 12/11/2010 9:09:44 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach

Jacob Zuma (left) and Evo Morales are pictured. | AP Photos

South Africa's president Jacob Zuma and Bolivia's president Evo Morales were in Cancun. | AP Photos

Negotiators from about 190 countries reached a modest set of agreements early Saturday in Cancun on how to tackle global warming but punted some of the most controversial questions for a later date.

A year after U.N.-led talks all but collapsed in Copenhagen, delegates from countries large and small signed off on a package of low-hanging fruit that includes establishing a program to keep tropical rainforests standing, sharing low-carbon energy technologies and preparing a $100 billion fund to help the world's most vulnerable cope with a changing climate.

"What we have now is a text that, while not perfect, is certainly a good basis for moving forward," Todd Stern, the top U.S. climate official, said during the all-night bargaining session that culminated in approval of what's known as the Cancun Agreement.

Stern's reluctant endorsement was echoed over and over into the early morning hours as diplomats scarred by the chaos in Copenhagen accepted a deal that fails to ratchet down greenhouse gas emissions anywhere close to scientific recommendations.

It also fails to establish a firm date for negotiators to reach a conclusion on a new climate treaty.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cancun; climatechange; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; ipcc
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To: mylife

It’s chilly down here that’s for sure. The freeze line for tonight is going down to one county above the border.

The sun’s out, not that it’s doing much good. LOL


21 posted on 12/12/2010 8:30:09 AM PST by SouthTexas (WE are the Wave)
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To: SouthTexas

38 here now.
Supposed to hit 20 tonight.


22 posted on 12/12/2010 8:34:17 AM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: SouthTexas
The sun’s out, not that it’s doing much good.">

Actually I am good with these cooler temps. 105 and sweating isn't my favorite climate.

23 posted on 12/12/2010 8:38:18 AM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: mylife

I’ll take 105 over 65 any day, much less 45! :)


24 posted on 12/12/2010 8:46:23 AM PST by SouthTexas (WE are the Wave)
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To: SouthTexas
This Damn Yankee in Texas has the opposite opinion ☺
25 posted on 12/12/2010 8:54:20 AM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: mylife

Well just keep it up there please, grandchildren have already seen snow so we don’t need anymore until the next generation. :)


26 posted on 12/12/2010 9:02:05 AM PST by SouthTexas (WE are the Wave)
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32 with snow beats the crap out of 36 raining and muddy ;)


27 posted on 12/12/2010 9:13:29 AM PST by mylife (Opinions ~ $1 Half Baked ~ 50c)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
$100 BILLION IS "MODEST"??? They just copped about a grand from our family.

I despise these people.

28 posted on 12/12/2010 9:16:42 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to manage by central planning.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Lord Moncton summarises Cancun.
29 posted on 12/12/2010 9:50:06 AM PST by 1066AD
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Looks two more pictures of hopefuls of lining their pockets with US money.


30 posted on 12/12/2010 5:53:17 PM PST by Marine_Uncle (Honor must be earned....)
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To: mylife

I don’t like either, at least it’s a dry front this time, down here anyway. :)


31 posted on 12/12/2010 7:40:37 PM PST by SouthTexas (WE are the Wave)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; ...
signed off on a package of low-hanging fruit that includes establishing a program to keep tropical rainforests standing, sharing low-carbon energy technologies and preparing a $100 billion fund to help the world's most vulnerable cope with a changing climate
Thanks Ernest_at_the_Beach.


32 posted on 12/12/2010 7:46:59 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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