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Even though China had been affected by some natural catastrophes, like landslides and floods in 2010, these were not alarming and driving the government to change their climate negotiations behavior.<br><br> | Even though China had been affected by some natural catastrophes, like landslides and floods in 2010, these were not alarming and driving the government to change their climate negotiations behavior.<br><br> | ||
The EU harbored many companies active on the green technology sector (wind turbines, solar power generation, efficiency improvement, etc.). These companies saw a worldwide market once an agreement on UN level would have been reached. So there were heavily lobbying to their governments and the EU representatives in the UN conferences to establish global GHG abatement rules. <br> | The EU harbored many companies active on the green technology sector (wind turbines, solar power generation, efficiency improvement, etc.). These companies saw a worldwide market once an agreement on UN level would have been reached. So there were heavily lobbying to their governments and the EU representatives in the UN conferences to establish global GHG abatement rules. <br> | ||
In the meanwhile the EU started to implement carbon trading within its region and between the EU member countries. <br><br> | In the meanwhile the EU started to implement carbon trading within its region and between the EU member countries. This project was also pushed by the pressure on EU governments by the European citizens. The public awareness in the EU about the necessity of measures mitigating climate change had been high before the meeting in Cancun. However, mainly NGOs were waking up the people and so the governments could feel the rising pressure, that something needs to be done. <br><br> | ||