*G77 and China call for GNP donation to fight climate change*
China, India and over 100 developing countries have called on the
world’s rich countries to donate somewhere between 0.5 and 1 per cent
of their gross national product (GNP) to help them mitigate greenhouse
gas emissions and adapt to climate change.
http://www.pointcarbon.com/news/1.963071
My first thought on this was what an incredibly small amount.
Then I realised that if the aid were given in the form of alternative
technology it would mean that the developing countries would be able to
develop without using fossil fuels, and the economies of scale in
renewable energy, to say nothing of increased effort in R&D, would make
renewables cheaper for all of us., So ordinary people in the North would
be better off through not having to pay inflated bills for fossil fuels
But then I realised the elites in the developed world don't want this to
happen - they are in the pockets of vested interests, so is this
something ordinary people should campaign for?
Chris
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