There are a mind-numbing amount of press conferences held every single day here at the UN climate conference in Bali. You could spend the entire day doing nothing but going from one press conference to another.

Today there were 10 different press conferences to choose from. They touched on everything from green jobs to deforestation to domestic legislation.

I try to go to at least one press conference per day. I'm less interested in the content of the press conference and more interested in the questions the journalists are asking. It's a good way to find out what's generating a buzz in Bali.

The press conference I went to today was on how climate change will affect developing countries. The speakers talked about how the most severe impacts of climate change will be felt by poor nations. Not only will developing countries suffer the worst effects of a warming world but they will also least able to cope with the impacts.

The speakers emphasized that because developed countries are largely responsible for the problem of climate change, they should take the lead in tackling it.

It's the foundation the Kyoto Protocol was built upon.

In Bali, one of the things delegates have to agree on is a framework for an adaptation fund to help developing countries adapt to climate changes. Delegates also have to agree on a framework for technology cooperation to help developing countries use clean technologies.

Equity is a big part of international climate change negotiations. But on this issue, Canada is the bad guy. Prime Minister Stephen Harper called the Kyoto Protocol a "mistake" because it did not assign targets to developing countries, such as China and India.

He is demanding that "binding, absolute targets" be imposed on all countries or none. It's an extremely unjust position.

You can't ask poorer nations to shoulder the burden and do just as much as wealthy nations, especially when we caused the problem.

Wealthy countries can afford to develop the technologies that will help us cut our emissions. Without cooperation, technology and incentives, developing countries will be left to make the same mistakes that were made in rich countries.

Besides, countries like China and India are included in the Kyoto Protocol. Developing countries were exempt from reductions in the first phase of the Protocol but they will begin to take on commitments in the second phase, which begins after 2012.

The whole thing reminded me of an episode of the West Wing in which the fictional American President Bartlet lectured his Commerce Secretary about a global warming treaty: 'I think what's lunacy is a nation of SUVs telling a nation of bicycles that they have to change the way they live before we'll agree to do something about greenhouse emissions."