British PM warns of failure but brings hope
According to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the first sign of progress in the negotiations could be
seen Wednesday with new proposals for climate change from African Union climate negotiator Meles
Zenawi.
Rie Jerichow
16/12/2009 09:25
As the first world leader, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (photo above) arrived Tuesday in Copenhagen
two days ahead of schedule, in order to help broker discussions on who should pay to tackle global warming.
A failure at the summit would have serious consequences. If temperatures rise too far, the world economy
would suffer an unprecedented "catastrophe", he said, according to British daily The Telegraph.
"If we do not act to tackle climate change, the costs to our standard of living will be huge - a reduction in our
national income of up to 20 percent, an economic catastrophe equivalent in this century to the impact of two
world wars and the great depression in the last," he said, according to the newspaper.
However, the first sign of progress could come on Wednesday with Ethiopia's prime minister and African
Union climate negotiator, Meles Zenawi, expected to announce new proposals for climate change, The
Guardian reports.
Meles met Brown in London on Monday. According to The Guardian, Brown said that Meles's proposals were
an important step forward and his ideas were a "framework within which developed and developing countries
can work together".
According to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, the first sign of progress in the negotiations could be
seen Wednesday with new proposals for climate change from African Union climate negotiator Meles
Zenawi.
Rie Jerichow
16/12/2009 09:25
As the first world leader, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (photo above) arrived Tuesday in Copenhagen
two days ahead of schedule, in order to help broker discussions on who should pay to tackle global warming.
A failure at the summit would have serious consequences. If temperatures rise too far, the world economy
would suffer an unprecedented "catastrophe", he said, according to British daily The Telegraph.
"If we do not act to tackle climate change, the costs to our standard of living will be huge - a reduction in our
national income of up to 20 percent, an economic catastrophe equivalent in this century to the impact of two
world wars and the great depression in the last," he said, according to the newspaper.
However, the first sign of progress could come on Wednesday with Ethiopia's prime minister and African
Union climate negotiator, Meles Zenawi, expected to announce new proposals for climate change, The
Guardian reports.
Meles met Brown in London on Monday. According to The Guardian, Brown said that Meles's proposals were
an important step forward and his ideas were a "framework within which developed and developing countries
can work together".
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