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The first two days of the COP15, the Copenhagen climate summit designed to produce a binding treaty whereby the international community will commit itself to reduce carbon emissions, has been plagued with controversy. That is because of a leaked Danish document that allegedly favors the rich and takes from the poor, who will be more heavily burdened to cut emissions.
According to the Daily Telegraph, Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, the chief negotiator for the G77, a group of 130 developing nations including China, said rich nations have a stronger moral obligation to cut greenhouse gases. While he defends that a substantial amount of money should be paid to poorer nations, money transferring alone is not the solution and would amount to paying someone to become ill.
On the renewable energy front, the Associated Press writes that General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt yesterday told a renewable conference on renewable energy he hoped COP15 would prompt the United States to “develop a green energy policy to grow the economyâ€.
The Amazon, of course, is a topic that needs to be addressed at the COP15 and it’s being discussed today during a panel called “Amazon Fund – a practical application of REDD initiativesâ€. The presentation will explain how this fund is being managed and how approved projects will contribute to reduce deforestation.
Protest at COP15
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These things are natural in places where representatives of nations meet. People ask for attention from several powerful people or from a powerful assembly and then send their message.
On another note, I think the issue here is about state equalities vs sustainability on the part of developed countries.