RE: Copenhagen climate summit

Barun Mitra, a senior member of the Indian think-tank, who attended Copenhagen, says the proceedings at the summit were full of "hypocrisy" and mainly a tool for promoting the latest fashion in the developed world.

Typically, three patterns are followed, he says.
"First, the intellectual basis is laid out, typically a doomsday scenario. Second, the issue is then projected as posing a mortal threat for poor countries. Third, a carrot-and-stick approach is adopted to either bribe or coerce poor countries to adopt the Western panacea," says Mitra.

What was witnessed in Copenhagen was a blatant attempt to bribe delegates to induce them to reshape their country's position, he says.

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