I (and a lot of others!) told you this summer that the Copenhagen UN climate deal was potentially in great danger due to a fundamental disagreement between US and EU on action plan and public intervention “philosophy”. And here we are ! The Guardian has reported yesterday a smashy news from David Adam.
The Guardian understands “(…) that key differences have emerged between the US and Europe over the structure of a new worldwide treaty on global warming. Sources on the European side say the US approach could undermine the new treaty and weaken the world's ability to cut carbon emissions”.
Well, I’m not totally sure that we, “developed democracies citizens”, are really pushing enough pressure on our negotiators. You might say : ok so, now, what should we do ? How could we be listened by our governing bodies ? There are so many organizations, initiatives, campaigns, trying to wake us up, enabling us to participate, to add our voices to the crowd ! So many, and nowhere to find them all. I really believe that some of these organizations should set up a web page, a directory gathering all the campaigns the “responsible world” is now producing to speed-up the people engagement on this major cause. We don’t have time, negotiations have started for long and all this will end in December.
As Ban Ki-Moon, the UN general secretary, said to The Guardian “the negotiations had stalled and need to "get moving (…)”. And WE, dear “co-citizens”, have the power of making them move again… should we be able to really gather around this cause. So, please, do support your known NGOs and PARTICIPATE to the hundreds of campaigns they are empowering.
Moon said the leaders held in their hands "the future of this entire humanity".
And I agree !
Listen to this podcast (The Gardian) / a good way to invest 5 minutes of your time...
Or watch this : as a reminder...
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