Emissions trading encourages international cooperation among national states and private industry, but is still ill-defined, as are “carbon sinks”, which would allow industrial pollution to be offset by designated forests or tree plantations.
Negotiators
The COP6 Conference building was filled with delegates, industry lobbyists, scientists, NGO's and Press, approximately 7,000 committed people. Unavoidable and often welcome were piles of written material, frequently replenished, expressing
The COP6 Conference building was filled with delegates, industry lobbyists, scientists, NGO's and Press, approximately 7,000 committed people. Unavoidable and often welcome were piles of written material, frequently replenished, expressing
conflicting views of the solutions to global warming. A forest of trees may have been sacrificed to the millions of words, numbers and charts.
Not so noticeable were the viewpoints of an army of lobbyists and traders quietly working the corridors and closed meeting rooms, late into the night.
Every day, unexpected Press conferences were suddenly announced, either by officials or by independent pressure groups, dramatising the process.
At 6p.m. each day, a "Fossil of the Day Award" was given
Not so noticeable were the viewpoints of an army of lobbyists and traders quietly working the corridors and closed meeting rooms, late into the night.
Every day, unexpected Press conferences were suddenly announced, either by officials or by independent pressure groups, dramatising the process.
At 6p.m. each day, a "Fossil of the Day Award" was given