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U.S. denies climate aid to countries that opposed the Copenhagen agreement

In Bolivia and Ecuador will be denied help because they both denied opposed

The U.S. government is denying assistance in exchange climate countries that opposed the Copenhagen agreement.

The new policy suggests that the Obama administration wants to play hard, using aid and diplomacy to bring developing countries to accept the international agreement to address global warming.

The Washington Post reported that Bolivia and Ecuador will be denied assistance because both countries refused to agree. The agreement is a short document that emerged from the chaos of the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen and is now being supported by 110 of the 192 member nations of the climate change convention of the United Nations.

"funding is agreed in Copenhagen, the U.S. will use its funds to assist those countries that expressed interest in being part of the agreement" said State Department envoy, Todd Stern, the Washington Post. He noted that the decision is not absolute, suggesting that other countries that opposed the deal can still help. Bolivia was already waiting for 3 million dollars and Ecuador Climate Assistance 2.5 Million.

Environmental groups believe that the Obama administration considers the Copenhagen agreement and the promise of $ 30 billion in climate aid to poor countries as a combined package. Therefore, countries that are opposed to this agreement do not qualify for funding.

However, Alden Mayer, director of climate change scientists Union, warned that this policy is risky because it may increase tensions between industrialized and developing countries. "They're playing hard," he said, "but this can be a counterproductive strategy. Cutting aid to countries suffering the impact of emissions caused climate change in the U.S. and other countries is a bad idea because it makes these countries in the bad guys. It is a strategy that will work well in the South. "

can also expose the U.S. to more criticism of the evidence that is not doing enough to meet its share of responsibility for climate aid. U.S. has only contributed $ 1 billion to fund under its responsibility.

In the Copenhagen summit last December, Bolivia emerged as a leader of developing countries to realize that they were being manipulated to sign an international agreement that would not do enough to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases or to protect Africa and small island countries that will suffer the worst impacts of climate change.

Bolivia joined Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua to formally refuse the deal. Ecuador did not issue this statement but not formally approved it.

Some of the countries against the agreement are very vulnerable to climate change, as the island of Tuvalu, which stood by its opposition to the negotiation process in Copenhagen. Others are quite large emitters, such as Argentina.

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Translation Note: Foundation Solon

Bolivia and Ecuador are denied climate aid

source: Washington Post

For : Juliet Eilperin

date: April 9, 2010

can decide to boycott the Copenhagen agreement, but that has a price. For Bolivia, this is 3 million dollars to Ecuador is 2.5 million.

Bolivia emerged as one of the countries most forceful criticisms against the US-brokered agreement last December. His argument is that this political agreement aims to establish a global system of emissions trading of greenhouse gases. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has organized its own climate change conference this month.

Ecuador, meanwhile, sent a letter on January 31 saying it will not be part of the agreement, separate from the 122 countries which have signed agreement or have said they will.

Both countries were waiting for U.S. funding. After re-evaluate the budget, the state has decided to deny assistance to Bolivia and Ecuador climate. As this decision on funding is subject to parliament, the process is not finished but there are clear intentions in this regard by the administration.

David Waskow, director of the climate change program of Oxfam America said:

"No one can question that the poor in Bolivia and Ecuador are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. We will take these decisions based on the real need of our help communities, not on other factors, "Waskow said," If we are to trust in developing countries, this is not the way to do it, especially considering that no yet approved our bill on climate change. "

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