And? As long as the rich countries are complying, there's no reason why they shouldn't use their influence to push the others as well. On other issues (oil, whales, etc) I don't hear the same level of griping when the poor countries go along with issues in exchange for more aid or financial incentives. Japan, for example, doesn't get away with killing whales because rich nations help provide votes. The rich countries definitely need to provide serious assistance for addressing the issue besides normal aid but carrots and sticks are how it works.
Rich countries have threatened to cut vital aid to the developing nations if they do not back the deal agreed at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, it has emerged.
The pressure on poor countries to support the US, EU and UK-brokered Copenhagen accord came as 190 countries resumed UN climate talks in Bonn in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion.
"The pressure to back the west has been intense," said a senior African diplomat. "It was done at a very high level and nothing was written down. It was made very clear by the EU, UK, France and the US that if they did not back them then they would suffer."
According to other African climate diplomats, threats to cut aid were accompanied by promises of financial support for countries that complied.
