[lbo-talk] Climate Change Zombie Agreement

lbo83235 lbo83235 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 9 08:21:53 PST 2011


Just out from Pablo Solon (former Bolivian Ambassador to the UN, former UNFCCC delegate, and chief architect of the Cochabamba agreement) in Durban (rush translation):

"A few moments ago we found out the decisions that they have been cooking up behind the scenes. In Durban they won't approve a second period of commitments for the Kyoto Protocol. This will happen at the end of next year: in COP18. In Durban they will only take note of the draft amendments and the "intention" of rich countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Kyoto Protocol will lose its heart. The promises of reductions by rich countries will be incredibly low until 2020 and will lead to a temperature increase of more than 4 degrees C. The Kyoto Protocol will turn into a Zombie without a global figure for reduction of emissions by industrialised countries, and will carry on walking until 2020 just so that carbon markets don't disappear. In 2020 it will enter into effect in "a new legal framework appliable to everyone". By everyone, they mean diluting the difference between developed and developing countries, between countries responsible for climate change and those who are victims. The US managed to eliminate any mention of a "binding" agreement. That means the "new legal framework" will be an empty gesture without any effect. This will become known as the lost decade of the fight against climate change. Genocide and ecocide will reach proportions that we have not yet seen. The Great Escape by the Rich has turned into the Great Swindle."



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