tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526482509987462259.post774262232985734629..comments2023-05-28T11:08:47.402+01:00Comments on Global Government and Politics: Slate Magazine: A World AdriftEditorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12379535252432357536noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7526482509987462259.post-41089321291889754232011-02-23T12:26:15.717+00:002011-02-23T12:26:15.717+00:00'The US president's chief science adviser ...'The US president's chief science adviser says the nation's current efforts to tackle climate change are insufficient in the long-term.'<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12508050<br /><br />This therefore suggests that the only superpower in the world, the USA ('the world's policeman'), does not have a sufficient climate change policy. This may also hinder the chance of developing countries, such as China or India, from having a specific climate change policy. They may use the US chief science adviser's revelations against the world and continue pumping out carbon emissions, which is key to their development and may claim that developed countries such as the US and UK did not have to have concern for the environment whilst going through their Industrial Revolutions and so it is only fair that they do not. The article also involves a short interview with Professor John Holdren, Obama's chief science advisor.Rianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03273902443304967154noreply@blogger.com