[Dr. Mick Kelly] says the persistent belief in southern vulnerability to global warming
-conforms with the widespread view of the South as victim; reinforces Northerners' guilt over centuries of exploitation and neo-colonialism;
-provides "a stick - the threat of impacts - and a carrot - the offer of assistance - that Northern negotiators can use to draw the South into accepting emissions reduction controls. In brief, it suits the Northern agenda."
Full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1009000/1009452.stm
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