A map of the 90 corporations responsible for 63% of global carbon emissions since 1854

The world also should make an effort to cut emissions with the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation plus (REDD+) by tightening also its policy regarding the palm oil plantation and coal mining.

The acrimonious dispute standing in the way of an accord on reducing global carbon emissions, not minding the United States still being a very high polluter and having made itself rich by spewing most of the extra carbon that has accumulated in the atmosphere, is for a good reason a thorn in their weak (baby) flesh. To say that their citizens should not have to pay for the actions of their ancestors is an easy way to get out when one keeps thinking they can continue to use all the fossils and do not have to worry about later generations how they are going to cope without gas and petrol.

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Also by keeping to provide those industries which have been responsible for 63% of cumulative global greenhouse gas emissions between 1854 and 2010, with tax reductions and political backing to continue their work without having to take extra measures not to pollute so much, is not going to help.

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Marcin Korolec, President of the COP19 may have been positive about the end result of this summit, saying:

“Warsaw has set a pathway for governments to work on a draft text of a new universal climate agreement so it appears on the table at the next UN Climate change conference in Peru. This is an essential step to reach a final agreement in Paris, in 2015.”

The $280 million (£173m) from the US, Norway and the UK may shed a little light on giving a sort of incense for the developing countries to stop deforestation and so cut greenhouse gas emissions. Another decision which can be considered helpful is to start an international mechanism to give most vulnerable populations better protection against losses caused by extreme weather events and rising sea levels.

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