The inhabitants of those Islands were recently evacuated to the mainland after centuries of successional generations because of climate change. Inhabitants of the Kiribati Islands are facing the same urgency. Other low-lying areas of the world are also threatened. There can be no question of the urgency. It is disgraceful that the Kyoto Protocol is being delayed to the detriment of many, to benefit only a few.
Some countries propose special compensation.
It is unreasonable to compensate any Party for eliminating pollution the Protocol is designed to prevent. It would seem only justifiable, if oil-rich nations compensated the technologies that they replaced many years ago, and those places under water today. OPEC, please stop holding up the process. In regards to Emissions Trading, this Assembly should not allow itself to be driven by deceptive and oppressive self-serving interests. This destroys the spirit of negotiation by placing overwhelming burden on the poor nations of the world.