'We cannot sell the idea of equity back home,' says US negotiator

By: Indrajit Bose
Date: Nov 29, 2012


US says no to equitable division of atmospheric space

The US made it clear it is not on the same page on equity as the developing nations. On day 3 of the ongoing Conference of Parties on climate change (COP18) in Doha, the deputy chief climate envoy of the US, Jonathan Pershing, told NGOs in an informal briefing session that it would be hard for him to go back to the Congress and sell the idea of equity as espoused by the developing countries.

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