A Tale of Two Nations

A report published in the journal 'Science' has emphasised the importance of China and India in the fight against climate change.

The report claims the two emerging economic superpowers will determine environmental policy and outcomes throughout the century. Both countries are expected to maintain their rapid economic growth over the next few years. The two nations are huge consumers of raw materials, importing a quarter of the annual global production of crude palm oil between them.

The report, written by eight prominent scientists, urges the two nations to collaborate in order to tackle climate change. Collaboration is vital to mitigating biodiversity loss, global warming, and deforestation.

The two countries have already demonstrated their importance at Copenhagen last year, where Barack Obama reached an agreement with South Africa, India and China behind closed doors. Obama's agreement was much to the embarrassment of other nations, particularly those in Europe. To be excluded from the talks was a huge betrayal to the Europeans, who have been early pioneers in putting climate change on the political agenda. This reports seems to imply, however, that this will be something the European's will have to get used to.


See the report here.....

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/sci;327/5972/1457?maxtoshow=&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=china+india&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT