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8A O NEWS«IHe CJatlMte Joat Thursday, November 16, 2006 Global climate changes are likely to hit African hardest ®1)C charlotte Get your message across. Continued from page 7A global greenhouse gas reduc tions of 80 percent are needed before 2050 to avoid the worst and irreversible impacts. Under the Kyoto Protocol, 25 developed countries, not including the U.S. and Australia, promised to reduce their emissions by five per cent below 1990 levels by 2012. However, emissions in some Kyoto countries like Spain and Canada have soared instead of declining. Canada has already declared that it will not meet its tar get. Delegates will be in Nairobi for the next two weeks for what is officially called the twelfth Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the U.N, Framework Convention on Climate Change and the sec ond Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP2). They are hoping to keep moving forward with the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, but most important ly to find money for adapta tion and to look at future ways of reducing emissions. The Kyoto Protocol has an Adaptation Fund where monies are deposited by developed countries buying carbon credits under the treatys Clean Development Mechanism. It is not a lot of money — 30 to 40 million dol lars a year starting in 2008 — and who gets the money and for what has yet to be worked out, said Sawyer. “Adaptation is going to cost many billions of dollars,” he said. The Netherlands has esti mated it will need to spend one to three percent of its GDP annually to adapt to the new conditions under climate change. Bangtadosh, another low- lying country, will need simi- AccuWeather.c lar assistance to stave off the worst impacts. Sawyer said. But without sharp reduc tions in GHG emissions, those costs will quickly soar to unmanageable levels. ‘“The legal, moral and polit ical obligations of the rich countries are clear: they must dramatically reduce their emissions and at the same time be prepared to provide massive support to help the poorest countries,” Sawyer said. However, no one is expect ing the United States, the world’s largest emitter of GHGs, to do much until a new administration is in the White House. After that, the sky is the limit, says Sawyer. With the right signals from a federal government com mitted to taking aggressive action, U.S. business’ entre preneurial spirit and drive could accomplish great things as they have done in the past, he believes, adding that the tide is turning and the U.S. pubhc wants action. “Future generations will not forgive us if we delay,” Sawyer said. Office DEPOT. Taking Care ofjSuTitten i Have a story idea? 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