Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumFrench minister: 2015 climate deal must avoid US Congress
The global climate agreement being negotiated this year must be worded in such a way that it doesn't require approval by the U.S. Congress, the French foreign minister said Monday.
Laurent Fabius told African delegates at U.N. climate talks in Bonn that "we know the politics in the U.S. Whether we like it or not, if it comes to the Congress, they will refuse."
If negotiators follow his plan, that would exclude an international treaty that has legally-binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions - something some countries still insist on but which would have no chance of being ratified by the Republican-controlled Congress.
"We must find a formula which is valuable for everybody and valuable for the U.S. without going to the Congress," said Fabius, who will host the U.N. climate summit in Paris in December where the new agreement is supposed to be adopted.
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daleanime
(17,796 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I would imagine congress is even less popular overseas after the Iraq War preempted strike over faked up WMDs.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)But it would be nicer if we did something about it.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)I mean, they are so bad. Going against our wishes at every turn.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Fat chance, though.
They won't touch such a diseased animal with a 10 foot pole.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)fight to the death before they admit they are fucked up.