Mexico will host a climate change conference in Cancun from November 29-December 10. In preparation of the UN-backed talks, Mexico is urging the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters to make serious commitments toward curbing anthropogenic climate change.
In particular, Mexico’s Environment Secretary Juan Elvira Quesada is pressing on China and India. Both countries have shirked binding commitments to curb their carbon dioxide emissions, claiming that the West was allowed to develop without such constraints. Given the Obama administration’s scant appetite to press these nations, it is unlikely that a significant commitment will emerge in Cancun.
