7th of December when delegates from 150 countries met in Copenhagen to discuss on climate issues, everyone thought " finally they are meeting to control the level of emissions and save the earth from global warming"; they did not expect the turn of events in next 12 days.
"HOPEnhagen" as people called it having hope from this meet to have positive results to save the earth. It turned out to be completely HOPELESS!!
WHAT WENT WRONG?
1. All the developed countries denied to follow KYOTO protocol, which says that all developed countries have to cut their emissions from the industries in these countries.
2. BIG MOUTH SMALL DEEDS:- Mr Barack Obama denied any cut in the emissions. Let us recall his first speech as president in which he mentions saving the nature as one of the prime goals . By "nature" he meant earth or Iraq? USA doesn't even want to sacrifice a single minute of power cut to reduce emission from power generation sector. And, so is the case with all other developed countries.
3. India stands in 5th position emissions at around 4.5% of total emissions. But our dear environmental minister Jairam Ramesh strictly said there that India wont cut on its emissions.
WHY CAN'T WE? There are many industries in India which use obsolete technologies leading to more pollution. Same goes with the automobiles. Along with this a mass awareness can be created among the people to conserve power and fuel.
Honestly....how many of us switch off the car engines in the heavy traffic??.. or how many of us switch of lights and other appliances when not used??
These are few things which can be done in our daily life. Infinite ideas are given by people around me which can reduce the emissions.But , our environmental minister says India will not cut its emissions. What kind of attitude is that? He could well be a strict principal of some school instead of this.
4. This is the most idiotic part of it. No positive results from the meet. But 41000 tonnes of polluting gases added to the atmosphere because of the cars, air conditioners, flights and lightings in big hotels arranged for this meet. This is completely ridiculous.
All the above 4 points show how incapable we are in taking care of the nature. The damage at this stage is irreversible . But still its never too late. The damage could me minimized.
"Earth has enough to satisfy every man's need but not every man's greed"----Mahatma Gandhi
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In India, generally nothing happens as planned. So the government has to start planning about implementing such restrictions and by the time a labour union strike or farmer strike or any other kind of infractions can come into course. Finally we are looking at a 10 year plan to implement the protocol and by that time a later and newer protocol might come into existence
ReplyDeleteWhat happened in Copenhagen is a clear picture of how much the "leaders of the world" are "driven by values". I think its high time the developed countries start believing and acting on the fact that "Interdependence is a higher and more productive value than independence". This creates a win/win situation where everyone including Mother Earth is happy. Ultimately they wanted a win situation where they won and didn't bother about the other person which eventually lead to a lose/lose situation and here we are contemplating and maledicting about the Hopenhagen meet. I request anyone who is reading this to do things which you can to save earth by consuming less power and creating less emission. Creating greenery in your locality is much appreciated. If we change, not a nation of a billion people but a planet of over 6 billion people and act towards saving the Earth, the "leaders" will have no choice at some point but to join us. Lets hope for the best and oh Happy new decade everyone!
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