New U.N. climate deal: Critics say Gains Modest

[ Yahoo News ] 12 Dec

While countries from around the globe agreed on Sunday to forge a new deal forcing all the biggest polluters for the first time to limit greenhouse gas emissions, critics say the plan is too timid to slow global warming.

Kyoto's first phase - due to expire at the end of next year but now extended until 2017 - imposed limits only on developed countries, not emerging giants like China and India. The United States never ratified it.

Many small island states and developing nations at risk of being swamped by rising sea levels and extreme weather said the deal marked the lowest common denominator possible and lacked the ambition needed to ensure their survival.

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Posted in: China, Climate, Criticism, Environment, India, UN Climate Deal, USA