Key climate decision should wait for new US president: UN

[Mugu]

BANGKOK (AFP) - A global decision on how much rich countries should slash their greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade should be made after the United States has a new president, the UN climate chief said Tuesday.

Yvo de Boer, head of the UN Convention on Climate Change which is chairing talks in Bangkok, said the highly sensitive issue should be thrashed out next year, after the US elections in November.

"There are some topics which it makes sense to leave for later in the process, for example what sort of targets or commitments are industrialised countries going to agree to," he told reporters.

"That is something which is perhaps more sensibly discussed with a new administration."


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[spanone]

1. no shit, bu$h*co has set the environmental movement back YEARS

no sense in talking to someone who won't listen

[bdamomma]

2. everyone is waiting for a new president, hopefully it won't be Mc Same.