Right, I labled this thread political so you all know what I'll be attempting to talk about...
if you don't like politics, then please feel free not to post.
this is mostly based on this article... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4662297.stm
but I will summise...
G8 summit (in breif)...
No real break through in climatic change discussions, GWB still defies any Koyoto style agreement, prefering a new technologies approach rather than a reduced emissions approach.
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IMHO, he's both right and wrong, he is completly right that we need to focus our energies on newer cleaner technologies, and that we should not stiffle the industrial growth or productivity of the nations... however since new technologies are a future event, and environmental damage is happening in the present, he is also wrong not to consider reduced emissions targets.
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World poverty has not been erradicated, the debt has not been dropped outright, but it has been reduced tothe tune of twenty eight billion pounds... including trade deals on AIDS medication,
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IMHO, a fantastic result really, whilst it would have been awesome to completly drop the debt, it's somehow not really feasible, it wasn't all that long ago these countries were at war with each other, stiffling their own development, aid money was missapropriated by corrupt governments. and thus far there are no real guarentees that won't happen again. in fact...
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It now appears doubtful that agreement has been reached to increase the share of GDP given to developing countries to the UN target of 0.7%, amid scepticism that the money would be spent appropriately.
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right, that was the highlights...
I'm sure some people will be happy, some will be sad, people will agree and disagree...
Certainly I am sure that the G8 leaders had the power to change the world, and have done so, (though perhaps to as bigger extent as they could have)...
Anyway, that's my 2c for the minute...
please do not use this thread as an excuse to kick off at each other, First sign of trouble and this threads gonna get locked.
if you don't like politics, then please feel free not to post.
this is mostly based on this article... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4662297.stm
but I will summise...
G8 summit (in breif)...
No real break through in climatic change discussions, GWB still defies any Koyoto style agreement, prefering a new technologies approach rather than a reduced emissions approach.
-------
IMHO, he's both right and wrong, he is completly right that we need to focus our energies on newer cleaner technologies, and that we should not stiffle the industrial growth or productivity of the nations... however since new technologies are a future event, and environmental damage is happening in the present, he is also wrong not to consider reduced emissions targets.
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World poverty has not been erradicated, the debt has not been dropped outright, but it has been reduced tothe tune of twenty eight billion pounds... including trade deals on AIDS medication,
Tony Blair said:"All of this does not change the world tomorrow, it is a beginning, not an end,"
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IMHO, a fantastic result really, whilst it would have been awesome to completly drop the debt, it's somehow not really feasible, it wasn't all that long ago these countries were at war with each other, stiffling their own development, aid money was missapropriated by corrupt governments. and thus far there are no real guarentees that won't happen again. in fact...
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It now appears doubtful that agreement has been reached to increase the share of GDP given to developing countries to the UN target of 0.7%, amid scepticism that the money would be spent appropriately.
----------
right, that was the highlights...
I'm sure some people will be happy, some will be sad, people will agree and disagree...
Certainly I am sure that the G8 leaders had the power to change the world, and have done so, (though perhaps to as bigger extent as they could have)...
Anyway, that's my 2c for the minute...
please do not use this thread as an excuse to kick off at each other, First sign of trouble and this threads gonna get locked.