Under fire over climate summit, Chile blames big polluters

SANTIAGO/LONDON/MADRID - Chile defended itself on Monday against criticism it was too weak in presiding over international climate change negotiations, saying it did all it could but that four big polluting countries got in the way.

“You have to convince 195 countries, and so if just one opposes, there is no agreement,” Pinera said in comments to local media. When it came to rules governing carbon markets, he said: “The four big countries didn’t accept the proposals.” Diplomats have listed the Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the United States among those resisting bolder action.

“If this text is accepted, the low ambition coalition will have won the day,” David Waskow of the World Resources Institute, said in the cavernous venue at the time. Greenpeace International said the Chileans were being “irresponsibly weak”.By extending the talks, Schmidt salvaged a face-saving compromise text during late-night discussions.

Challenges include Brazil’s insistence on a carbon accounting approach others say is baffling and Australia’s insistence on carrying over old credits to meet its Paris emissions targets, which others see as an accounting trick.

USA Today wrote an article there are 6 main countries polluting the world's oceans per a study in 2015: China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka & Thailand.

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