Bonn talks to concentrate on rise in greenhouse gas emissions
The new report by the International Energy Agency, showing high emissions from fossil fuels, is one of several pieces of bad news facing delegates from about 180 countries heading to Bonn, Germany, for two weeks of talks beginning today.
The tsunami-triggered nuclear disaster in March apparently has sidelined Japan’s aggressive policies to combat climate change and prompted countries like Germany to hasten the decommissioning of nuclear stations which, regardless of other drawbacks, have nearly zero carbon emissions.
