The US delegation at a UN climate change summit said Thursday they would not commit to deep greenhouse gas emissions cuts at the key meeting in Indonesia, despite growingย pressure.
Harlan Watson, head of the US delegation, said that neither a recent US Senate committee move to limit greenhouse gas emissions or the decision by Australia to ratify the Kyoto Protocol would influence their stance, adding: โWe’re not changing ourย position.โ
Their access to the summit is proof that Big Oil still holds "a dangerous sway" over the climate process, campaigners say.
Delegationโs composition consistent with new KBPO report revealingย this yearโs U.N. climate talks have the largest number of fossil fuel lobbyists to date.
Labour government accused of being โcomplicit in the fossil fuel industryโs conquest of the COP processโ.
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