Even with the relaxing of the 31 January deadline for countries to submit their emission reduction targets under the Copenhagen Accord, only 55 out of 192 have formally pledged to cut or limit their emissions.

The list includes the US, the EU block of countries, China and emerging economies such as Brazil and India but 137 countries have chosen not to make pledges.  In addition, no pledging country has gone any further than the commitments they made public at the negotiations in Copenhagen.

Read the full story: 55 out of 192 at Oxfam Ireland.

Our Opinion:

You can say what you like, but Copenhagen was as near to a complete disaster as you can get.  Countries pretty well agreeing to, um, do nothing.

And so it continues.  The only glimmer of gold in this news is that the EU, US and BRIC countries have all made at least some form of commitment.

However, once again we’re left with the image of a group of people on a crumbling cliff edge with no one prepared to be the first to prove that they can fly.  This is not leadership .. it's cowardice on global proportions.

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