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Europe finds you can be too careful
IPN Opinion article
This article examines Europe's precautionary approach to regulation. IPN director Julian Morris, author of Rethinking Risk and the Precautionary Principle, argues that
""The fact that if you applied the precautionary principle to itself it would self-destruct means that it will be replaced by more rational ways of evaluating risk".
The End is Nigh Ö for the Kyoto Protocol
IPN Opinion article
At last week's climate change meeting in Buenos Aires, European governments
appeared finally to have woken up to the fact that the Kyoto Protocol sums
don't add up. Meanwhile, Brazil, China, India and the US ñ together
representing the majority of global emissions of greenhouse gases ñ seem
opposed the imposition of binding restrictions on emissions of greenhouse
gases after 2012, when Kyoto comes to an end. As a result, the Kyoto
Protocol itself may unwind. This would be good news for everyone, especially
the poorest.
The EU and other rich countries must stop their hypocritical attempts to foist emissions controls on the poor, says Director of international think-tank
IPN Press release
‘Development, not global regulation, the soloution to climate change’, says author of new report*
IPN Press release
Climate Controls Dangerous to Developing Countries
IPN Opinion article
THE Institute of Public Policy Analysis (IPPA) has warned African countries that Kyoto protocol on climate control aimed at reducing energy use amongst other things, would halt economic growth and worsen the poverty situation in developing countries.
IPPA in a statement by its Nigeria coordinator, Mr. Thompson Ayodele, said attempts to control the climate would thwart human's ability to adapt to climate change.
