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Written by Solar Home Review
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 10:29 |
 I have to say I would easily weigh in on the side of all well intentioned delegates working toward a common goal in Copenhagen, rather than be so quick to point out how we seem to think things aren't working. Do we really feel protesting at this point will contribute positively in Copenhagen? Are the delegates deaf? Gandhi didn't protest he just stood there and smiled a lot. He seemed to accomplish quite a bit for a small man. It's easy to be cynical, launch a protest, judge, criticize or deride the Copenhagen process, but in doing that are we simply adding to the noise that's not making a difference on climate change?
Yes many of us may be frustrated, but imagine what delegates are facing inside the Conference. It is not an easy march we have embarked on, but we are marching together, just not necessarily in sync at the moment. Maybe we just need some time to get the hang of it. After all, the process we are seeing in Copenhagen is easily the most complex and comprehensive undertaking we can say has ever been approached unitedly by the nations of the world. So maybe there's a lot of good stuff about it.
In the wake of a killer economic year around the globe, we have still been able to assemble and continue willingly and eagerly in the process of creating a legally binding treaty amongst all the nations of the world on the topic of halting and hopefully reversing our impact on the warming greenhouse effect. This is not quite like throwing a few billion at GM.
References to KP and LCA as the two tracks of the conference, may be considered not so good. We can slide down the rabbit hole on this one or understand what's happening at this stage in the process. Some nations seem to be clinging to KP or the Kyoto Protocal, and others are in favor of an LCA or Long-term Cooperative Agreement, each for their own reasons. Both are versions of a legally binding Treaty of some sort and lucky for everyone, all the nations want that. Yeah! That's pretty incredible that we at least can say we all want the same thing. This is a good place to be, which can be moved into what will work for everyone. My hope is that a merged new Treaty will surface. Merged in the sense that a new Treaty will incorporate, not replace, the key tenants of reducing harmful emission set up by Kyoto, that are important to many nations.
I'll leave off on my thoughts for now so that you can read some other persons commentary or tweet on Copenhagen, and I wish you all pleasant dreams and positive outlooks. I will share a bit of Christmas Cheer with you in parting.
The Twelve Copenhagen Days of Christmas
 On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me:
12 bullet-proof limousines run on bio-ethanol
11 LED Christmas lights that work
10 Copenhagen beer (I keep hearing about that, anyway!)
9 Ministers bleating
8 protesters stopping traffic
7 delegation ladies directing traffic
6 exhausted Copenhagen organizers
5 golden Climate Texts
4 long-distance tele-conferencing Kings
3 pissed off leaders
2 ninja turtle negotiators
and a partridge in a Climate Treaty
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Source: Solar Home Review
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