Climate Talks

The UN has formed a meeting to discuss the climate and global warming. The main goals of these talks is to find ways to reduce greenhouse gases and finding ways for developing countries to adjust to it. The climate talks in the past have not resolved the issues that are occuring and the temperature of the globe is still increasing at a higher than normal rate. The climate change is believed to increase flooding in coastal areas and cause problems with agriculture. The Kyoto Protocol which was a major climate agreement that was signed in 1997 expires this year and very few countries are willing to sign it again. The US does not agree with it because it does not give any restrictions to developing countries like China which is the largest carbon emitting country. China argues that they should not have any restrictions on carbon emissions because it would cause major problems with there economy and countries growth. 

I think global warming is a serious issue and I hope that these talks will help them reach some sort of agreement. I think developing countries need to take some responsibility for there carbon emissions and make an effort to reduce them.

 

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