Christian Ecology Link prayer topic for today

Forecasting future emissions in China and other fast-developing countries is immensely difficult as there are so many uncertainties. The Chinese view is that industrial nations should agree to firm emissions reductions while, if developing countries are allowed the flexibility to take voluntary action now, new technology and capital from developed countries will help them build their capacity for clean energy and emissions cuts, making it easier to negotiate binding targets later. Yet China is already the world’s top producer of solar cells and is likely to lead the world in solar energy by 2012 with 30 GW. of installed capacity. Can the world rely on voluntary action by China and India while the rest of us commit to binding targets? This will be a key question at Copenhagen.