Sarah Ogletree
11:55 PM
10/22/2010
An upcoming U.N. conference on climate change could result in a global agreement to curb carbon emissions. At the moment, the most difficult thing the U.N. is dealing with is finding a compromise all countries can agree on. China and the United States (as the world’s leading carbon emitters) have the longest history of differing in what the international carbon law should include, and many feel that this year’s conference will not result in the actual completion of the agreement. The difference between rich and poor countries has also factored into the decision. The U.S. wants mandatory curbs of the international level for all developed/developing countries, but leaders are more optimistic of the 2011 conference, saying that is when a legal framework may actually be implemented.
This article was very to the point, and though I felt it got its general message across nicely, it also seemed that more information would have been helpful. For example, I was interested in what countries were interested in what approaches and the article did not dig into that at all. This lack of what seems like important information, made me take the article less seriously. It is hard to doubt, because the article is simply facts, but it still does not come off as strong. As a reader I would look further into the subject, before deciding my thoughts on the actuality of a possible emissions curb by 2011.
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