Copenhagen loopholes ‘make farce' of rich pledges
6 Aug 2010
Wealthy nations’ pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions could be made farcical by loopholes in the UN climate change treaty put forward in Copenhagen last year.
Developing countries have argued strongly for minimum 40 per cent emission cuts from industrialised nations by 2020.
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