2046 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 I know this must be "shocking," but here is a report on the US's efforts to get countries to hop on the global warming bandwagon at Copenhagen: WikiLeaks cables reveal how US manipulated climate accord Embassy dispatches show America used spying, threats and promises of aid to get support for Copenhagen accord Hidden behind the save-the-world rhetoric of the global climate change negotiations lies the mucky realpolitik: money and threats buy political support; spying and cyberwarfare are used to seek out leverage. The US diplomatic cables reveal how the US seeks dirt on nations opposed to its approach to tackling global warming; how financial and other aid is used by countries to gain political backing; how distrust, broken promises and creative accounting dog negotiations; and how the US mounted a secret global diplomatic offensive to overwhelm opposition to the controversial "Copenhagen accord", the unofficial document that emerged from the ruins of the Copenhagen climate change summit in 2009. Negotiating a climate treaty is a high-stakes game, not just because of the danger warming poses to civilisation but also because re-engineering the global economy to a low-carbon model will see the flow of billions of dollars redirected. Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/dec/03/wikileaks-us-manipulated-climate-accord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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