Bolivia intends to hold climate summit in April

[Billy Burnett]

Bolivia intends to hold climate summit in April
http://finchannel.com/news_flash/World/54952_Bolivia_intends_to_hold_climate_summit_in_April/

Bolivian President Evo Morales said on December 23 his country could host an international summit on climate change in April, which could become an alternative to Copenhagen climate talks held in December, Latin American media reported.

"In April next year, I intend to convene the world's public organizations for this international peoples' conference on climate change," the Bolivian leader told journalists, adding "we will invite not only peoples and public organizations, but also scientists, academicians and experts."

"Morales, who was declared by the United Nations "World Hero of Mother Earth" for his environmental protection activities, said "Mother Earth's rights" would be discussed at the conference in Bolivia. He said the talks would take place on International Mother Earth Day, on April 22, ahead of a summarizing climate conference in Mexico due in late 2010," RIA Novosti informed.

The UN climate summit, which took place in the Danish capital on December 7-18, was originally expected to see the signing of a new binding agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol, some points of which expire in 2012. However, participants of the talks failed to agree on greenhouse emissions cuts and only agreed on measures to be taken to keep average increases in global temperatures below 2 degrees Celsius.

Only several countries have signed a declarative agreement on fighting climate change. The document was sharply criticized by Latin American states such as Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua, which claimed that their opinion was not taken into consideration while the document was discussed and that the discussions were not transparent.

British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has criticized Bolivia, along with other leftwing Latin American countries, China and Sudan, for trying to hijack the climate talks and "hold the world at ransom" to prevent an agreement from being reached.

[EFerrari]

1. I'd give anything but my good dog to be there!

Thank you, Billy! :hi:

[Judi Lynn]

2. Good for Bolivia. They'll have the chance to show first hand what GW has done to wreck their country

already, having melted away the snow, ice on the mountains which supported skiing lodges for so very long, until the recent past. They have a perfect illumation of the problem within driving distance for the participants, no doubt about it.

Hope this will provide a chance for the countries which got run over in the last conference.

[Braulio]

5. On the other hand

I'm sure the farmers who grow potatoes in the highlands like the warmer weather, and couldn't care less about a few ski lodges serving fat cat cocaine sniffing gringo refugees from Vail, Colorado.

[Goldstein1984]

3. Go Morales!

Inviting scientists!

Why didn't someone think of that sooner?

I can already hear the Inhofe crowd declaring that Republicans in Congress will not support any treaty developed in a conference hosted by socialist administration.

[roody]

4. Great place and time for a DU meetup!