PNG helps save Bali climate talk

[EVLWNS]

Papua New Guinea - often overlooked on the World Stage, but they still made the US get into line.

[samchilla]

PNG nating tru!

[jkgangster69]

Yeah FUck all these big countries, going ahead and improving technology whilst little countries likke bali and papua new guinea struglle to keep there natural resources and rainforests....u have to understand that most people in places such as papua new guinea depend on village life.....without any electricity or technology....its just not fair!!!! Fucking chinese cant stopp making babiezzz......

[andreiyouri]

Bali is not a country, its an island which belong to the country of Indonesia

[katarole]

go png, stap stap. but we nned a better prime.

[miblopng]

BOMBSHELL!!

LOL! Heads up PNG...you rock!

[Emmisha]

I am a Canadian and am sad to say that PM Harper is 3rd cousin to President Bush and has been in the US pocket. We Canadians ultimately want to be globally responsible and would prefer that PM Harper move to the US and allow globally conscious environmentally responsible Canadians to make the decisions for us here.

[theett]

But we were hoping to send Bush to Canada. :-)

[jbnpng]

Well done PNG delegation.

[vinnyflintoff]

Its the US's fault asshole? China, India, Russia combined pump a lot more than the US does. China is already the number one polluter. This wasnt a climate talks meeting, this was a US bashing meeting. and everyone knows thats true

[bgirosa]

I think this meeting was a not bashing for the US, but fustrations did spill over after the US refusal to signup with the kyoto protocol an numerous calls were brashed aside. PNG has alot to loss if there is global warming, we are possionate about our sinking atolls and degrading rainforest and we seek help, thats all we ask.

[Emmisha]

Kudos to PNG!!! Yeah!!!

[pepperjackface]

@vinnyflintoff

Hahahahahaha. What a hilarious and ignorant comment. Of course three of the world's most populous and developing countries COMBINED produce more emissions than the US. Only one country produces more than us in total (China) and the US has the highest per capita emissions of all four of those countries. This most definitely was a "climate talks meeting," where representatives from all over the world were trying to reach a solution to a very real problem. Read the IPCC reports....

[wanbelstap2008]

Kevin's speech makes me proud to be a Papua New Guinean!!

[lucidmnd]

Papua New Guinea deserves an applause. This could be the turning point when the future generations look back hundreds of years from now.

Well done.

[bgirosa]

absolutely..this was the turning point...I guess this kind of hard stance approach of negotiation shows that more open, direct, honest and transparent discussion is needed instead of close door lobbying, power brokage and alliances...speak your mind without fear or favor so as too say...

[Seanuk]

PNG Beatdown!

[Sander198422]

Papua New Guinea, thank you, that ruled. I think the outcome of Bali isn't nearly good enough, but at least the US was put in its place, after 7 years of Bushist politics.

Weird that they showed two Dutch politicians at the end. What is so impartant about us.

[bgirosa]

I think when it come to flood issues and water management, the Netherlands are really advanced. You have gathered a lot of experience from the Rhine, North Sea and Meuse rivers. I think you also have raised the Pettener seawall several times.

[Sander198422]

Okay when it comes time to save the world from drowning, you can turn to us.

[MercurySilver]

That American delegate tried to play it down but the US just got beaten down by a country most Americans probably don't even know exists. Well done PNG.

[simbumeri]

Let us take the lead too by controlling the destruction of our forest by so many illegal Malaysian companies now eating away our forest.

Lets not be hypocrite.

Good on our contribution, lets follow it up with action.

[bgirosa]

You are quite right simbumeri and ultimately we all as citizens of PNG should embrace the principles behind the coalition rainforest nations and as individuals push the long term adgenda for its inclusion in the Cophenhagen meet in 2009.

[mangikerema]

Kevin....right mangi stret..Apim nem blo PNG...Save pinis mangi sepik ya....

[angnime]

Yu tok tru, stronpla het sepik ya!:)

We sepiks don't back down..lol;)

[angnime]

I had goosebumps, definitely!...I love how the US delegate tried to play it down, like it wasn't a big deal. They got pu tin their place, while the world was watchin, and they hate to lose. It wasn't a surprise, that no US news station showed this clip. GO PNG!

[bgirosa]

Apart from arctic and the antarctic, tropical island nations are worse off. I really hope carbon credits values are now looked at for natural rain forest really hits off so we can earn some living by not logging our rainforest.

[angnime]

We have so many means of financial gain in our country. We can not rely on our rain forests for that. saving the rainforests could be our biggest asset ever in the long run. It could benefit our tourism in the future.

[bgirosa]

totally agree angnime - imagine if our villagers could conserve their rainforest and at the same time earn a financial benefits, thats what the coalition of natural rainforest nations is all about.

[bgirosa]

PNG with the 3rd largest rain forest serving as a huge sink for carbon dioxide is facing an influx of multi-national companies owned by industrial nations lurking to exploit its timber and hardwood, it means more to us that conservation for compensation must be taken really serious to combat global warming. It's in the best interest of the world that the PNG/New Guinea rain forest be conserved as carbon credits.

[masalaifrog]

As a Papua New Guinean it's nice to know that we contributed in some small way.

[chadlindstrom]

gives you goosbumps. Bravo! Papua New Guinea