{"id":675,"date":"2005-11-30T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-30T23:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maddruid.com\/wp\/?p=675"},"modified":"2006-10-08T15:59:10","modified_gmt":"2006-10-08T15:59:10","slug":"679460-of-cop-11-of-unfccc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=675","title":{"rendered":"[673] Of COP 11 of UNFCCC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kyoto Protocol (tag)<\/a> will expire in 2012 and there is a need to continue to fight climate change even after 2012. The current Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)<\/a> – yeah, it’s that mouthful – plans to sustain the fight into post-Kyoto period. That plan has been dubbed as son of Kyoto.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, like the upcoming World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Hong Kong, this climate change meeting is expected to fail unless a compromise is achieved. The main problem is, as it has always been for the past few years, the United States refusal to commit itself into any treaty that will put a cap on its greenhouse gases emission.<\/p>\n

Some has insisted the parties to carry on without the US participation<\/a>. That might be the most viable solution at the moment. Others on the other hand are calling for a more lenient targets to persuade to US to join in.<\/p>\n

I definitely believe that in order to combat climate change effectively, all major emitters need to join in. That includes the US. China is the distant second largest greenhouse emitter<\/a>. Tony Blair with confidence that I admire goes further by stating<\/a> “there will be a binding international agreement to succeed Kyoto when the Protocol expires in 2012 that will include all major economies<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

I don’t share his optimism. In my opinion, the only way that is possible is to see a US president that will agree to Kyoto’s underlying principles. A person like John McCain or Hillary Clinton. I truly hope John McCain will make it to the White House in 2008.<\/p>\n

Given the gloom prospect of failure, I’d be happy even with the most modest success coming out from the COP. It’d be a tragery to see a COP 10 in Buenos Aires<\/a> to repeat itself in Montreal.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, it seems that China is enjoying the moral high ground. Sometime earlier, China urged the US to ratify the Kyoto Protocol<\/a>. This urging is important because it may signal that China is willing to commit itself seriously to a post-Kyoto treaty to cap its emissions. That itself is hope.<\/p>\n

p\/s – happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to the __earthinc, happy birthday to you.<\/p>\n

Yup. Four years of the __earthinc<\/a> and still wanting to marry a tree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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