With Copenhagen now likely to begin before Congress has passed even a weak-ass climate bill co-authored by the coal lobby, U.S. politicians have dropped the superhero metaphors and are scrambling to lower expectations for achieving a serious deal at the climate summit. It's just one meeting, says U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, not "the be-all and end-all."
As faith in government action dwindles, however, climate activists are treating ...
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Like all of Klein's piece this is filled with substance about how to address climate change. Rather than just another article on the political players in the U.S., this is about a bold stroke that changes the discussion. This article talks about the concept of "climate debt". It is an ingenious way of getting money to developing countries with grants and not the same old bad IMF loans that cripple these countries and keep them in slavery to the North. Gives one hope that there is way to a better planet without Goldman Sachs making a pile of money.
