Climate change adviser attacks US stance
The Financial Times is letting us know, Climate change adviser attacks US stance
In his second day as the foreign secretary’s special representative for climate change, John Ashton, who has worked as both a diplomat and an environmentalist, set out his agenda for bolstering the government’s efforts to convince other nations to sign up to a new climate change treaty and adopt cleaner technology.
But, speaking to journalists in London, he made clear his exasperation with the US’s rejection of the Kyoto protocol. “The policy of the Bush administration on climate change has not been helpful on the international effort,” he said.
“We would have been further forward on climate change had there been a more engaged US position,” he added.
He says a lot more actually, and I suggest you read the article.
“The key thing that has happened in climate change in the last year or two is that it is no longer just an environmental issue,” he said. “It’s also now increasingly an economic issue, a foreign policy issue, an energy issue and a security issue.”
He’s right; our lives are at stake. — DS
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