Seal the Deal!
The whole world is paying attention to the news coming from the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. The talks started yesterday and will end on December 18th. Representatives from 192 countries and 100 heads of state are working together to reach a new deal that will supplant the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
There are huge expectations to strike a deal, but lately the soundbites coming from politicians and campaigners predict that the talks will not be very successful. The people of the world are demanding less talk and more action. This is the time to do something meaningful to save our planet. Our survival is at stake and billions of people depend on wise decision making. I hope this time the politicians of the world rise to the ocassion because this deal is urgent.
There are plenty of campaigns putting pressure to delegations and thousands of people are attending the conference. For example, one very good campaign is Hopenhagen. Another innovative campaign is Tck Tck Tck that has Kofi Annan as its spokesperson. Others come from the World Wildlife Fund, Oxfam International, Conservation International, Greenpeace, and many other organizations.
I always wonder why are humans so destructive. We kill each other, we can destroy everything at our hand. And the worst is that we know that we need to do something radical to change our destinies, and still we are always too slow to react and the improvements we need are very difficult to attain.
The environmental issues we face are very serious. One of the most scary ones is the water crisis. And what about the world food crisis? Over one billion people are now are dying of hunger. As the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said three weeks ago, food security and climate change are deeply interconnected. Hence the critical importance of this year’s negotiations.
It is time for action, we need to save our planet.
Scientifics findings clearly show us that we can’t wait any longer to lower carbon emissions. otherwise the human, economic, and environmental costs will be unimaginable. What are politicians waiting for? They have a huge responsibility in their hands, and I hope that something good will come out of this conference next week. Let’s wait and see. Otherwise, it will only be the usual lipservice, the unwanted inaction, the same charade…
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I’m crossing mine too!!!
Great post!!!