Nhan Dan Online - Wealthier countries must take the lead in
cutting carbon emission to prevent catastrophic reversals in
health, education and poverty reduction for the world’s poor,
while providing incentives for developing countries to follow
suit, says the 2007/2008 Human Development Report (HDI) on
climate change launched in Hanoi today. The report entitled
“Fighting climate change: Human solidarity in a divided world”
The UNDP report paints an alarming picture of climate change and
urges richer countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at
least 80% by 2050, with cuts of 30% by 2020. On its first page,
the document states that "climate change is now a scientifically
established fact. We know enough to recognise that there are
large risks, potentially catastrophic ones." The report sets out
a pathway for climate change negotiations in Bali, Indonesia and
stresses that a narrow ten-year window of opportunity remains to
put it into practice. If that window is missed, temperature
rises of above two degrees