Countries deciding not to be associated with the Copenhagen Accord could have the aid they receive cut by richer nations.

It has been reported that threats to cut aid were accompanied by assurances of financial support for those countries that openly support the accord.  Already, the US is on course to cut climate aid to Bolivia, Ecuador and other countries that have publicly refused to sign up.  According to David Waskow, climate change programme director for Oxfam America,

No one can question that poor people in Bolivia and Ecuador are extremely vulnerable to climate change impacts.  We should be making these decisions based on the merits of which communities need our support, not some other factors.  If you want to build confidence and trust among developing countries, this would not be the way to do it…

90 countries have refused to be associated with the Copenhagen Accord.  The question now is how those countries will respond to aid cut threats?

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