Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is hoping the United States would heed calls for significant reductions in carbon emissions when a global conference on climate change takes place in Copenhagen at the end of the year.
Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change Heherson Alvarez told Inquirer reporters and editors in a recent dinner that because of the “creeping” effects of climate change, developed countries led by the US, China and India should consider cuts of 30 to 40 percent of their present emission rates by 2018.
“We don’t know how flexible the US position will be in December, but we have some level of confidence the cuts would be substantial. And US public opinion is on our side,” Alvarez said.
Alvarez noted that the US Congress had just passed a law mandating a 17-percent cut based on 2005 rates. US President Barack Obama had also proposed an 80-percent cut when he was campaigning for the presidency, he said.
Based on past conferences, China and India were “sympathetic” to calls for deeper emission cuts, Alvarez said.
He said he hoped the issue of setting up some sort of financing scheme by developed countries for developing countries to mitigate the effects of climate change would also be ironed out in Copenhagen.
On the part of countries belonging to Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Alvarez said the member-countries were talking about calling on developed countries to make deeper cuts on greenhouse gases.
He said the Philippines was committed to reducing its carbon emissions from 1.5 tons per capita to one ton in 2018. China produces 3.5 tons of carbon per capita, and the US 10 tons, Alvarez said. Alcuin Papa
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MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines is hoping the United States would heed calls for significant reductions in carbon emissions when a global conference on climate change takes place in Copenhagen at the end of the year.
Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change Heherson Alvarez told Inquirer reporters and editors in a recent dinner that because of the “creeping” effects of climate change, developed countries led by the US, China and India should consider cuts of 30 to 40 percent of their present emission rates by 2018.
“We don’t know how flexible the US position will be in December, but we have some level of confidence the cuts would be substantial. And US public opinion is on our side,” Alvarez said.
Alvarez noted that the US Congress had just passed a law mandating a 17-percent cut based on 2005 rates. US President Barack Obama had also proposed an 80-percent cut when he was campaigning for the presidency, he said.
Based on past conferences, China and India were “sympathetic” to calls for deeper emission cuts, Alvarez said.
He said he hoped the issue of setting up some sort of financing scheme by developed countries for developing countries to mitigate the effects of climate change would also be ironed out in Copenhagen.
On the part of countries belonging to Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), Alvarez said the member-countries were talking about calling on developed countries to make deeper cuts on greenhouse gases.
He said the Philippines was committed to reducing its carbon emissions from 1.5 tons per capita to one ton in 2018. China produces 3.5 tons of carbon per capita, and the US 10 tons, Alvarez said. Alcuin Papa
When in Cebu City, please visit gregmelep.com for your real estate and retirement needs
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