IT is generally recognized that the west is in decline and that China will emerge as a superpower some time later this century.
It is also generally recognised that it is the west that has spear-headed the campaign against the so-called climate crisis. And the west is desperate to get the rest of the world to a United Nations meeting in Copenhagen in December to discuss solutions to this issue.
The UN’s top climate negotiator, a Dutchman Yvo De Boer, has already said the west will have to put $10 billion on the table to get the developing world – read China and India – to agree to anything at Copenhagen.
[Read more…] about Copenhagen in December: The Decline of the West – And Money
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.