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At talks in Bonn, Germany the U.S. and Japan offer little to further greenhouse gas emission reductions, with less than six months left to hammer out a new treaty on climate change to replace or update the Kyoto Protocol.
Scientists say huge cuts are needed to avoid dangerous disruption of our climate. But delegates gathered in Bonn to craft the first phases of a new climate treaty made little progress, with major polluters, the U.S. and China, unable to reach agreement. But, as Living on Earth’s Bruce Gellerman tells host Steve Curwood, there does seem to be some good news for developing nations: direct aid, in the form of hundreds of billions of dollars and technology, is on the table to help poor nations adapt to climate disruption.