In pushing this position the UN demonstrates that emitting CO2
is, in fact, not dangerous. Why else would they not impose the
same requirement on all countries? Substitute CO2 emissions for
mercury or lead being pumped into rivers and the ocean. Does it
make sense to allow China and India, or any other country, a
position in which toxic waste is pumped willy nilly into the
water system? Of course not. Obviously, emitting CO2 can't be
that bad... China and India should be spared the full burden of
fighting climate change, the United Nations said on Tuesday in
an agenda-setting report published just days ahead of an
intergovernmental conference to agree to a successor to the
Kyoto protocols. The report of the UN Development Programme
recommends that countries such as China and India should be
required to reduce their emissions by only 20 per cent by 2050,
while the rich industrialised countries shoulder a cut of 80 per
cent. The report will provide ammunition for developing
countries wishing to avoid adopting s