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People in the Third World want development. That means, they want to engage in processes that emit CO2. They would be happier to engage in processes that reduce CO2 emission but not at the expense of growth. The UN is now saying that population growth is a threat to the planet. No guesses for which populations they are worried about/ They are wary of claims that Global Warming will impact on them more than anyone else.

It seems to many that Western attachment to Global Warming is essentially racist. It is about preventing economic development and greater independence.

It is Western industrialised society who have contributed the most to global emissions, but it is the poor in the global south who will be affected most by climate change.

I’m sure that poor nations would be happy with alternative energy that works. And systems to reduce/cut/stop emissions - if the West pays for it. What they won’t do without being forced is to stop development. Africa, India and China have been experiencing growth.

But, poor nations cannot develop and stop CO2 emissions at the same time. Now the UN is saying that global population must be cut because of climate change.

To convince poor nations, the West produces research that claims the poor will be affected by climate change the most. They claim extreme weather like droughts and floods and sea level rises is hitting poor countries. Yet, we heard nothing of this in the 1930s, when average temperatures were the highest over the last century.

For Westerns who don’t like the idea of development in poor countries and want to see their population drop, climate change is a god-send.


 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/22/world/main5409165.shtml
India: Poor Nations Won't Slow Development
Developing Countries Need Access to Clean Technology; Industrialized Countries Should Pay for Climate Change, PM Says

AP) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that the world's poor nations will not sacrifice their development in negotiations for a new climate change deal.

The issue of how to share the burden of fighting global warming has divided the developing and industrialized worlds as they prepare to negotiate a replacement to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol at a December summit in Copenhagen.

"Developing countries cannot and will not compromise on development," Singh told an international conference on technology and climate change….