[Canada's] Environment minister expects new climate deal by 2015
Environment Minister Peter Kent said he is cautiously optimistic a new global climate agreement can be reached by 2015, following the conclusion of a UN summit in Durban, South Africa.
The 194-party conference agreed Sunday to start negotiations on a new accord that would put all participating countries under the same binding commitments to control greenhouse gases. It would take effect by 2020 at the latest.
The deal also set up the bodies that will collect, govern and distribute tens of billions of dollars a year for poor countries. Other documents in the package deal with scores of technical issues and lay out rules for monitoring and verifying emissions reductions, protecting forests, transferring clean technologies to developing countries.
"The Durban Platform sets out a process to negotiate a new climate change treaty that would create binding commitments for all major emitters," Kent said Sunday.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/12/11/durban-climate-canada-reaction.html
Don't believe it, America: Peter Kent used to be an anchor for a conservative television network (Global) up here. He and his Master Harper ain't gonna do anything which might reduce profits from the Tar Sands.
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