When $100 billion just isn’t enough.. $100 billion dollars is
the amount “agreed upon” in the Copenhagen accord to aid the
developing world in adaptation efforts to protect themselves
from the harmful effects of climate change, and mitigation
initiatives to curb their carbon emissions. The prose from the
accord set forth this amount as a “goal” for the world to raise
each year by 2020, from “a wide variety of sources.” As I’ve
learned more intimatley while here in Cancun, that this amount
is just simply not enough. In fact, it’s not even close to
enough. The worrysome part of it all, is the current prose
positiong the $100 billion figure as a ceiling, with no
provisions to allow for a review of the amount and asses whether
it’s really is enough. If anything, $100 billion should be the
floor. The following pieces of information are from studies
unanimously depicting the deficiency of $100 billion in support
for the developing world. Fuding to develop the capcactiy to
handle the effects climate change will have