Leaked “Danish Text” on REDD

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The Guardian reports that after only two days, “The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray.” The problem is a leaked document that Denmark hoped that world leaders would sign at the end of next week. The text “hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations,” John Vidal writes in The Guardian. The text was developed by a small group of countries, including the UK, US, Australia and Denmark, and was shown only to a handful of countries after being completed last week. The Guardian has posted the “Danish text” on its website.

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“I’ve got nothing to talk about. I am really sick of you people casting aspersions on my company. No payment has been made to PNG, your information is incorrect…. I am not explaining at all. I am not having this conversation.” — Jim Johnson, Carbon Planet, in reply to questions about a payment of A$1.2 million to develop carbon trading projects in PNG, June 2009

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