Climatic stalemate in Bangkok
AS the United Nations negotiations on climate change drew to a close on Friday in Bangkok, the atmosphere of pessimism was already being widely reported by many of those involved, especially from developing countries. The prospect of an abandoned Kyoto Protocol was said to be in the air, thanks to...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2009
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/32737/1/DZUL120.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/32737/ |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| id |
my.usm.eprints.32737 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
eprints |
| spelling |
my.usm.eprints.32737 http://eprints.usm.my/32737/ Climatic stalemate in Bangkok Abd Razak, Dzulkifli QC981 Climate AS the United Nations negotiations on climate change drew to a close on Friday in Bangkok, the atmosphere of pessimism was already being widely reported by many of those involved, especially from developing countries. The prospect of an abandoned Kyoto Protocol was said to be in the air, thanks to the developed economies, as they seemed to be more eager to do away with it when it expires in a couple of years time. Firmsounding pledges made during the UN Climate Summit in New York of late to fight the climate change have not been followed through in earnest, resulting in the Chair of the Kyoto Protocol to comment: “We will be a laughing stock come December 18,” in reference to the Copenhagen Climate Conference to be held from Dec 7 to 18. 2009-10-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32737/1/DZUL120.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2009) Climatic stalemate in Bangkok. New Sunday Times. |
| institution |
Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| building |
Hamzah Sendut Library |
| collection |
Institutional Repository |
| continent |
Asia |
| country |
Malaysia |
| content_provider |
Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| content_source |
USM Institutional Repository |
| url_provider |
http://eprints.usm.my/ |
| language |
English |
| topic |
QC981 Climate |
| spellingShingle |
QC981 Climate Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Climatic stalemate in Bangkok |
| description |
AS the United Nations negotiations on climate change drew to a close on Friday in Bangkok, the atmosphere of
pessimism was already being widely reported by many of those involved, especially from developing countries.
The prospect of an abandoned Kyoto Protocol was said to be in the air, thanks to the developed economies, as
they seemed to be more eager to do away with it when it expires in a couple of years time.
Firmsounding
pledges made during the UN Climate Summit in New York of late to fight the climate change
have not been followed through in earnest, resulting in the Chair of the Kyoto Protocol to comment: “We will be
a laughing stock come December 18,” in reference to the Copenhagen Climate Conference to be held from Dec
7 to 18. |
| format |
Article |
| author |
Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
| author_facet |
Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
| author_sort |
Abd Razak, Dzulkifli |
| title |
Climatic stalemate in Bangkok |
| title_short |
Climatic stalemate in Bangkok |
| title_full |
Climatic stalemate in Bangkok |
| title_fullStr |
Climatic stalemate in Bangkok |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Climatic stalemate in Bangkok |
| title_sort |
climatic stalemate in bangkok |
| publishDate |
2009 |
| url |
http://eprints.usm.my/32737/1/DZUL120.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/32737/ |
| _version_ |
1643707728253681664 |
| score |
13.209306 |