I am
sure most bloggers are aware of climate related summit happening in Bali (Indonesia). Bali climate summit under UN is the successor of Kyoto summit. It’s about taking mitigative steps against global warming at the international level. Obviously there is expected to be difference between developed and developing world (particularly India and china). The USA under the present leadership is immune to international opinion is well known, it probably will require a leadership change as happened in Australia till then the world would have to wait….at least for the binding policy changes maybe Copenhagen (2009) but we individuals can take small steps in our daily lives (isn’t it great that Australia even has a minister for climate change. I have become a big fan of PM Kevin Rudd). There definitely is an urgent need for environmentally effective and economically sustainable agreement. The future of the world depends on these.
The EU nations though are not amused with US. The whole
attention seems to be the disagreement between the two. The proactive stand of is EU such a relief from the American cynicism. The developed countries per capita global warming contribution is astounding reflecting the consumption pattern of the society and how much it is burdening the world. Clearly without sustainable development things are going to be quite serious in the coming few decades. However one need to also see that countries particularly India is a major emitter. India with China is pointing to its developing status with lower per capita emission. Obviously developed countries cannot be equated to developing countries. An agreement on these lines is welcomed but there need to be a binding clause that looks at inequitable distribution and consumption pattern at the domestic level of these developing countries, domestic mitigation steps in developing countries should be made binding at the international level. There are lots of people who contribute quite substantially to the emission at the expense of millions of people in the poorer societies. Taking them as one block is an injustice.
sure most bloggers are aware of climate related summit happening in Bali (Indonesia). Bali climate summit under UN is the successor of Kyoto summit. It’s about taking mitigative steps against global warming at the international level. Obviously there is expected to be difference between developed and developing world (particularly India and china). The USA under the present leadership is immune to international opinion is well known, it probably will require a leadership change as happened in Australia till then the world would have to wait….at least for the binding policy changes maybe Copenhagen (2009) but we individuals can take small steps in our daily lives (isn’t it great that Australia even has a minister for climate change. I have become a big fan of PM Kevin Rudd). There definitely is an urgent need for environmentally effective and economically sustainable agreement. The future of the world depends on these.The EU nations though are not amused with US. The whole
attention seems to be the disagreement between the two. The proactive stand of is EU such a relief from the American cynicism. The developed countries per capita global warming contribution is astounding reflecting the consumption pattern of the society and how much it is burdening the world. Clearly without sustainable development things are going to be quite serious in the coming few decades. However one need to also see that countries particularly India is a major emitter. India with China is pointing to its developing status with lower per capita emission. Obviously developed countries cannot be equated to developing countries. An agreement on these lines is welcomed but there need to be a binding clause that looks at inequitable distribution and consumption pattern at the domestic level of these developing countries, domestic mitigation steps in developing countries should be made binding at the international level. There are lots of people who contribute quite substantially to the emission at the expense of millions of people in the poorer societies. Taking them as one block is an injustice.An agreement if ever will work if it is binding at two levels: One is at the international level wherein the per capita factor is taken into consideration so the distinction between developed and developing countries. Second is a strong binding agreement on measure to be taken at domestic level. If India’s per capita is low doesn’t mean it is distributed equally there exist a layer whose carbon footprint could be much more than probably the most profligate of Americans, there is a gross inequity here. Millions of people cannot take the burden of these few just for the reason of geography. Don’t let the domestic laws on these matters to be left to the concerned nation to frame, these are powerful people they will scuttle it as American establishment is doing at the international level. What is happening at the international level happens at the national level. Any international agreement on climatic change will only work if the agreement is at these two levels. The disagreement between EU and USA shouldn’t be a reason to ignore this terrible anomaly existing within societies. The developing nation excuse on per capita is a subterfuge….
