Durban, South Africa - Today, as
UN climate talks concluded after running into an extra day, it became
apparent that the outcome would provide little restriction on the
destruction of the world's climate system.
Responding to the
final outcome climate campaigners from across the world explained how a
few wealthy interests had subverted the process:
Sarah-Jayne Clifton, Climate Justice Coordinator of Friends of the Earth International said:
"Ordinary people have once again been let down by our governments. Led
by the US, developed nations have reneged on their promises, weakened
the rules on climate action and strengthened those that allow their
corporations to profit from the climate crisis."
"The Kyoto Protocol,
the only legally binding framework for emissions reductions, remains
in name only, and the ambition for those emissions cuts remains
terrifyingly low. The Green Climate Fund has no money and the plans to expand destructive carbon trading move ahead. Meanwhile,
millions across the developing world already face devastating climate
impacts, and the world catapults headlong towards climate
catastrophe."
