Merkel’s carbon master plan

With US President George W.Bush wounded by mistakes in Iraq, German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a dramatic bid to fill the void at the World Economic Forum in Davos and assume global leadership.

And because the east German born and educated Chancellor is also president of the European Union and the G8, she is in a unique position.

The Merkel master plan has at its core the need for the world to embrace carbon emission restrictions to minimise climate change. British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a similar appeal two years ago at the WEF, but this year Merkel went one step further – she offered incentives to every part of the world to join the effort.
The Australian