How much more death and devastation does the world need to sit up and realise that the catastrophic effects of Climate Change are already upon us? There has been heavy flooding in several states in India, typhoons devastating the Philippines, Vietnam and parts of Thailand. Asia seems to be bearing the brunt of climate change. And yet, here in the Bangkok negotiations, the developing nation representatives complain, that there is a lack of urgency in the stance of the developed nations, in coming to a quick and amicable solution.
Quamrul Islam Chowdhury of the Bangladesh delegation said, “ we are facing a sea level rise which requires a scaling up of financial resources and technology transfer by the Annex 1 countries at a much more rapid speed. A 45 percent cut in emissions by Annex 1 countries by 2020 is imperative.”
“ We are just two months away from Copenhagen and the Annex 1 countries wish to put an end to the Kyoto protocol,stalling the very process we have worked towards, for all these years,” states Qingtai Yu special climate change envoy for China.
“There are several funding opportunities available like imposing levies on the emissions caused by passengers of international shipping and aviation,” advises David Lesolle from the Botswana delegation. “Everyone who flies should be able to take on this critical levy and pay towards their impacts of travel on climate change.”
Friday, October 9, 2009
A Lack Of Urgency In Bangkok? By Marianne de Nazareth
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