Hi fellow COPpers!!!!
1st live issue reporting... 3
things I want to flag:
1) A 10 minute NGO video
2) Durban and the Climate Change
Deniers (Guardian)
3) Do we really need a global
agreement? Bottom up country approach suggested
Here are my thoughts on each:
Covers the ‘Big 3’ issues. KP,
mandate for future big deal, funding. Good watch.
This article highlights what is at
stake. Its states that the main discussion will be focused around the future of
the KP, and that it will be a BASIC vs Umbrella/EU battle.
Brazil and South Africa have (allegedly)
claimed that they will commit to targets in exchange for financing. China and
India voluntarily pledged to reduce the emissions intensity of their GDP by
respectively 40-45% and 20-25% by 2020.
FACT: Pledges made by
the NORTH (rich, powerful, 75% of CO2 emissions come from them)
are much lower than the ones made by the SOUTH (financially poor, but
perhaps incredibly RICH in commitment to fight climate change?)
The article concludes that if the
US is excluded, but the EU and other developed players sign up to something,
progress will be made.
It predicts that it is unlikely
that caps will be set on developing countries. Finally, it concludes that there
is the threat of COP15 occurring again in Durban..... that is, a vague,
non-realistic document making an appearance in the 2nd week.
READ THIS ONE!
Very
interesting. Basically claims that MORE has been achieved since
Copenhangen and Cancun via individual country’s voluntary emissions cuts and
pledges than by having a multilateral agreement.
Quote:
“In the years since Copenhagen and Cancún, 85 countries – together
responsible for 85% of the world's emissions – have now announced voluntary
climate commitments”
The
author argues that individual countries should take on schemes that are
suitable for that country and voluntarily pledge to reduce emissions. The WTO
would oversee carbon trading schemes expanding from 32 to countries to as many
as possible. This would be more useful than having a vague, post-2012
agreement.
Of course,
this is a media article. It will require more research and in class discussion
to evaluate if this approach is actually a viable option.
Bottom
up action FTW?
Fed
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