Climate Change Flooding

"The UN Climate Change Conference at Bali is considered the next step in fostering a new international treaty to combat global warming. After almost two weeks of open dialogue, the conference finds itself in a deadlock between the European Union (EU), the United States (USA), Canada and Japan. The EU is demanding that industrial nations lower their emissions of greenhouse gases by 25 to 40%, by the year 2020.

While the US, Canada and Japan are unwilling to accept concrete targets. Ben Wikler: ..."The US was behaving itself during the first part of these hearings and it was Canada that was doing most of the obstruction. There are a few different issues that are the center of contention at these nedogiations. One of them is these cuts by 2020 of 25 to 40 percent..."

Ben Wikler is a campaign director for Avaaz.org, a global version of MoveOn.org, where he oversees efforts on climate change, global health, and other issues. Previously, he worked as press secretary for Congressman Sherrod Brown's U.S. Senate campaign in Ohio, and was a founding producer of The Al Franken Show on Air America Radio.