Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping
G-77 Chairman Makes Angry Plea to Obama After Talks
At one a.m. Dec. 19, 2009, Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chairman of the G-77 group of developing countries at Copenhagen, calls the treaty a weak and last-minute face-saving measure that lacks legally-binding force, gave no guidance on a cap in global temperature rise or carbon levels and includes less aid than may be necessary. Video: treehuggertv
Email this pageDemocracy Now!: Fri., Dec. 18, 2009
Uncertainty still looms over the Copenhagen summit. Pres. Obama offered no new proposals to address the demands of developing countries in his address. We hear from two Kenyans about what message they would like to send to Obama. Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chief negotiator for the G-77, talks about the leaked UN temperature-rise document exposed yesterday on DN! that has ignited a firestorm of controversy. We caught up with Rep. Henry Waxman of California, Ed Markey of Massachusetts and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Rajendra Pachauri discusses the role of developed countries and why he promotes vegetarianism as a way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Anjali Kamat files a report about the UN-backed REDD plan. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
Democracy Now!: Wed. Dec. 9, 2009
Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the Sudanese chair of the group of 132 developing countries known as G77, condemned leaked documents that indicate world leaders will sign an agreement that sidelines the UN’s role in future climate change negotiations; Naomi Klein and Martin Khor on the growing North/South divide over climate debt and emission targets; chief Bolivian climate negotiator on why developed countries owe climate debt to poorer ones; Paraguayan negotiator Miguel Lovera discusses the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation rainforest plan. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
