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\u201cShape up or ship out,\u201d Greenpeace, the WWF and Oxfam warned the US yesterday. <\/p>\n
As the second and concluding week of the 17th UN climate talks dawned, the three talked tough in pushing for greater ambition and concrete commitments inaddressing climate change. <\/p>\n
\u201cMove aside and let the rest of the world move forward if you cannot get with the programme,\u201d Greenpeace International\u2019s executive director, Kumi Naidoo, said. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou have delayed the world far too long. Sadly, our message to US President Barack Obama right now is simply this: if you cannot get your team here on the ground to shift from the negative positions that they have been taking, then with great\u2026 discomfort we are saying to President Obama and the US delegation, \u2018move aside\u2019,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Naidoo said the situation in Durban necessitated that the spotlight be put on the US. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe must remind ourselves that the world was held hostage to eight years of climate denialism by President George W Bush\u2019s administration and we expected better from the administration of President Obama.\u201d <\/p>\n
Oxfam advocacy and campaigns director Celine Charveriat said the US should \u201cstand aside\u201d rather than \u201charm\u201d the efforts of other countries. <\/p>\n
She said the world was on the path to a 3\u00b0 or 4\u00b0 temperature increase, which would be \u201cdevastating\u201d for poor countries, if the negotiations continued in the same vein. <\/p>\n
WWF International director-general Jim Leape said the spate of climate-related disasters to rock the US in the past year should provide impetus for that country\u2019s delegation to \u201cstep up\u201d \u2013 and, if not, \u201cwe need them to get out of the way\u201d. <\/p>\n
Naidoo said the immediate concern was the second commitment period to the Kyoto protocol, and although it seemed likely that Durban would not become the protocol\u2019s final resting place, it could end up in the intensive care unit. <\/p>\n
He said the organisations wanted a second commitment period with \u201cserious\u201d legal obligations. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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