Cambodia blames rich countries for climate change 06/12/2007
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, has blamed industrialised countries for causing climate change, saying poor nations are the ones bearing the brunt from the fall-out.
Speaking during the launch of a new strategy to deal with the country's economic challenges, Mr Hun Sen said climate change is not caused by small countries like Cambodia, but larger countries that release smoke into the air.
He says it is unfair that the benefits go to big countries that release smoke, while small countries are being damaged.
The prime minister says while some countries cut the forests to develop their countries, they now ban nations like Cambodia from doing the same, adding that it's time for it to use natural resources to develop the economy.
Mr Hun Sen's comments came as nearly 190 countries gathered on Indonesia's resort island of Bali to come up with a roadmap for creating a fresh pact to combat global warming.
Speaking during the launch of a new strategy to deal with the country's economic challenges, Mr Hun Sen said climate change is not caused by small countries like Cambodia, but larger countries that release smoke into the air.
He says it is unfair that the benefits go to big countries that release smoke, while small countries are being damaged.
The prime minister says while some countries cut the forests to develop their countries, they now ban nations like Cambodia from doing the same, adding that it's time for it to use natural resources to develop the economy.
Mr Hun Sen's comments came as nearly 190 countries gathered on Indonesia's resort island of Bali to come up with a roadmap for creating a fresh pact to combat global warming.
12 comments:
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មានតែផ្លូវមួយគត់ ៖ ប្រឡេះពួកអាខ្ញុំយួនអស់នោះម្ដងមួយៗ បើពុំនោះសោតទេ ខ្មែរនឹងត្រូវរលាយសាប់សូន្យ៕
This is absurd that Hun Sen blaming the industrialized countries! How can a man who does not know what effects the deforestration on the world, does not know the rain cycle, does not know the greenhouse gases, and MOST important of all does not know what is air be blaming the developed countries? THAT IS EXTREMELY ABSURD COMING FROM THE UNDEREDUCATED!
Ah Hun should be ashamed to stand infront the HMC flag.
Bullshit, Cambodia is only a dot on the planet. I can't possibly effected the climate.
why do he has to be this way? why can't he play the middle role and open his ears?
HUN XEN got mental problem.
Why Cambodia got this such PM?
I am really ashamed to the world.
Hopefully to have no more this guy after 2008.
Hey dude, he has his reason. It is true that climate change are mainly from industrial countries(USA, UK, China, India, etc). For develop country like cambodia, definately need land to improve economic as we are not strong in industries because of lacking educated(skilled) people.
Not always that he is bad. but still!
Hey 9:16 AM, did you mean you lack educated priminister? Because your priminister is an ignorance.
Did you know that most living organisms are found in the rainforest? From floor to the canopy of the forest, 100s of thousands of species are vanishing because Khmer officials don't care about anything else. Angelina Jolie preserved a part of the forest for the next generation; but she runs into problems with corruption that is challenging. Will there be any rainforest in Cambodia left?
WE ARE INTERCONNECTED NO MATTER HOW SMALL OR LARGE THE COUNTRY MIGHT BE. THERE IS ONLY 1 EARTH!
Hun Xen doesn't understand at all the pros and cons of globalization.
I wish to give his advisers a lesson about the effects of globalization.
KY
Nope, he understand everything better than anyone else from the west. That is a small undeveloped country of the size of a dot can't altered the world climate.
12:47 PM
If Cambodia is better than the West why Hun Xen beg money from the west?
World climate is the world's issue, not only Cambodian issue, but the special green reservation in Cambodia is a type of development too, we can attractive tourists which are the industrial without smoke.
Hun Xen's theory is ignorant and help support only his cronies and families.
KY
What is a stupid question?
Hey, if I destroyed your life saving, I bet you will beg for money too, and it makes no difference whether it came from east or west.
Furthermore, it isn't PM Hun Sen who destroyed Cambodia, but you westerner trained people who did it. Don' forget that, will ya?
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