[Flame Of Liberty]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

The united states is hardly a rich country right now in terms of their economy and thier budget. As much as we like to pretend that its play money, $100 billion a year is a signicant chunk of change.

Its great that they're promising this, but I have a funny feeling that its a useless gesture. First and foremost non of that money should be going to China or India or the other so called developing countries with emerging economies that should be able to pay their own tab and get on board with an agreement that doesn't harm developed nations economies for their benefit.

Second of all, until somebody tells me that this money is heavily auditable by someone outside of the UN, my guess is that the $100 billion will be siphoned off by corrupt UN officials and third world tin pot dicators that would rather build castles and buy guns.

I agree. But wait for Bagor and pastiche to tell you that you are a terrible person.

It's a farce. These "poor countries" demanding money (so called G77) to pay for enviro damage and produce clean energy are led by...you guessed it - Sudan! Forget Darfur, we're on the green energy bandwagon!

Mohamad is Sudan's ambassador at the United Nations and is also chairman of the G77 and China bloc of developing countries. The topic was the U.N. climate conference scheduled to start December 7 in Copenhagen. The Group of 77 and China bloc has played a leading role in shaping the framework for future treaty negotiations that is to be adopted at the UN conference.

Yet, the group has as its spokesman an official from one of the world's most blood-soaked regimes. Mohamad's boss, President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, was indicted by the International Criminal Court on March 4 for war crimes (two counts) and crimes against humanity (five counts).

Sackur, however, pressed on, saying, "Sudan has a fundamental problem. It wants to be a player ... but the international community sees a country led by an indicted, suspected war criminal." Mohamad rejected the characterization of Sudan being isolated. He argued that the unanimous election of Sudan to lead the G77 and China group after the al-Bashir indictment was evidence that the international community has "confidence" in the Khartoum regime. And he may well be right, given the U.N.'s actual record (as opposed to its rhetoric) on violence in the third world and the standing it accords dictators and warlords.


You bet the money is going to chinese pockets:

The Chinese connection to the G77 bloc also plays a role. China is the largest investor in the Sudan. The state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. owns 40 percent, the largest share, in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company.

In exchange for oil, Beijing provides weapons and diplomatic support. China has supplied Sudan with tanks, artillery, helicopters, and fighter aircraft. China has flooded Darfur with antipersonnel mines. It is estimated that as much as 80 percent of Sudan's oil revenue goes to the purchase of arms, while the general population remains one of the poorest in the world.

It is now Sudan's turn to provide diplomatic support to China at the U.N. climate talks. The G77 is pushing the concept of "climate justice" and a "climate debt" owed by the developing world to the developing countries.


and there's more:

Meeting in Beijing on November 29, officials from China, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Sudan drafted a document with four "non-negotiable" elements for Copenhagen. They will never accept legally binding GHG emissions cuts, mitigation actions that are not paid for by the developed countries, international (foreign) measurement of mitigation actions, and the use of climate change as a trade barrier.

The term "climate justice" is used by the international Left to put a moral spin on this political struggle with the kind of anti-Western flavor that is common at the U.N. and among guilt-ridden liberals in the U.S. and Europe. On November 6, Climate Justice Fast announced that activists around the world were starting a hunger strike to call attention to the failure of the developed countries to impose sufficient limits on themselves.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/...s_climate.html