New Method May Help Allocate Carbon Emissions Responsibility Amo...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 07/15/2009 - 08:45

Just months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, scientists have developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries.

The approach is so fair, according to its creators, that they are hoping it will win the support of both developed and developing nations, whose leaders have been at odds for years over perceived inequalities in previous proposals.

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