Groups of countries were targeted today for having obstructed climate negotiations.
1st Place: The European union
For "coming to Poznan without a credible position and mandate on financing mitigation and adaptation in the South". The European union has had a historic reputation for leadership on climate change but are moving away now from binding concrete commitments.
2nd Place: Philippines and Saudi Arabia
Philippines for claiming that plenary was spending too much time on a "shared" vision (the emphasized theme of the conference) and Saudi Arabia for chiming in that the Philippines view should be given more weight because the Philippines represents the G77 countries...even though this particular view was not a G77 country.
3rd Place: The Umbrella Group (Australia, Canada, Iceland, japan, New Zealand, Norway, the Russian Federatoin, Ukraine and the US)
For "attempts by the biggest emitters to avoid discussion on their emission commitments...or to push similar commitments on the rest of the world."
The Fossil of the Day awards are presented each afternoon by the Climate Action Network, an organization that represents more than 400 NGOs from every region of hte world.
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