So, they are fighting over who is
developed and who is developing at COP. While we are still at the basics the monarchist
feudal hedonistic theocratic fuel guzzling Saudis are doing their do, that is,
being irresponsible and carefully skirting the line which could see West fall in
their own trap of Islamophobia and so angst back off! Well, ruffled feathers
could be mend with expensive gifts. Nice. Meanwhile in 2025 arrogant Americans
will present the savior of white gun hugging racist christians to the world. Every
charlatan will find a readymade scapegoat on the world stage to point finger and
take eyes off them as they cut loose and go digging for oil. The herd is blissfully
unaware, and when there is a deluge and find themselves stranded in flood they
realize there is no help coming from anywhere. As these becomes normal, they
will be forgotten and dumped into nearest pit. There are next cyclones, forest fires,
heatwaves, food price to worry about.
There is no binary of developed and developing in climate debate. There is no them and us in global crisis. Some regions have historical pollution that gave them all the luxuries -ofcourse they were smart to invent and discover science and technology and new ways to prosper, good for them, but now when we calculate the carbon in the atmosphere their contribution cannot be negated, and they will have to take responsibility, and will have to pay according to their share. Which also means we cannot hinge everything on historical polluters and not fix responsibility on present days wanton emitters. Instead of fixed nations and binary of developed and developing some new mechanism of fixing responsibility must be thought about. World has advanced in last few decades the knowledge of these must be included. Essentially it is a multinational effort involving multidisciplinary experts and professionals from crucial areas. With my limited understanding, using the knowledge of punting (wherein there are various factors that influence the outcome of a race, historical data -past performance, incidents, races in various distances, timing after handicap factoring, age, shift in equipment and performance so on, latest data -training details, weight gains, handicap, distance, trainer record, jockey skills/weight, equipment change so on, dynamic data -that is evolving including look of the horse at paddock, grapevine information, cheating pattern so on and open to new unexpected factors), there are more complexities. Hence the system must be attuned to cater to these. For instance, historical pollution is a factor that include reparation as compensation, and for the contemporary pollution, per capita emission be taken and then use measurements like Gini coefficient -assign some value so that we get a fair representation. Total emission of nation must also be a factor, and be calculated on the areas/size of the nation, so that population increase is not an incentive and shouldn’t hide under capita emission ruse by richer sections in poor countries. There are many factors including dynamic, like, actions taken by state (and not promises), after comprehensive evaluation all these be given weightage (indeed the discussion should have been on this) and with the use of sophisticated AI come out with a new understanding on fixing responsibility and strategies. Mitigative actions carry complexities and conditions of region hence resources be assigned accordingly. I am sure much smarter people with experience have better insights.
