[I'm doing some work for an old friend over at a new site: Speak Out For America. Normally, I'd leave that stuff there, and do my other stuff here...but this is a big story that needs to be discussed-leaks and the leakers that leak them...and I'm especially fond of the title as well...]
The top story from Copenhagen today SHOULD be the demand from Bangladesh that they receive 15% of any climate fund or the offerings from a US Federal Bureaucracy to curb American emissions while the US Congress dithers on Cap and Trade, or even the notion that we must tie any climate change agreement directly to the issue of Human Rights. Instead, we find that the Summit has fallen into disarray over a leaked Danish text of a proposed agreement:
The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations.
The document is also being interpreted by developing countries as setting unequal limits on per capita carbon emissions for developed and developing countries in 2050; meaning that people in rich countries would be permitted to emit nearly twice as much under the proposals.
The air is thick with irony. It was only a short time ago that the IPCC’s leaked e-mails drew skepticism from the non-scientific world about the truth and sincerity of climate scientists’ claims that humans were killing the planet. Now, new leaks and renewed skepticism lead many to question the truth and sincerity of world leaders. Many are coming to believe this is more about money and power than it is about coming together to address issues and solve “global” problems.
The document “Indigenous Peoples Red Road to Copenhagen” calls for Kyoto to be extended via an agreement in Copenhagen, demands that Indigenous Peoples be “fully recognized and respected in all decision-making processes and activities related to climate change”, and that “developed” countries must reduce their emissions sufficiently to allow “developing” countries the atmospheric space they need to develop themselves:
The shared vision must acknowledge the historical responsibility of developed countries in terms of causing a climate debt, which comprises an ecological, adaptation and an emissions debt. The shared vision must emphasize the need to take into account the historical responsibility of developed countries for the generation of emissions and their inequitable use of atmospheric space, denying developing countries the environmental space needed for their well?being and sustainable development. Only when the climate debt of the developed countries – their historical responsibility for both adaptation and mitigation is addressed – will the equity principle have been fulfilled and development for all nations will become possible.
The leaked text of what the power brokers in Copenhagen are planning to do runs directly counter to these demands from the Indigenous Peoples and all the other “developing” nations out there asking for international assistance. In suggesting that the UN be squeezed out, and that all the climate funds be managed by the World Bank, it is becoming increasingly clear that Copenhagen is not about protecting the planet but rather about setting up an “offshore account” funded by the respective citizenry of the developed nations, to redistribute as “the circle of commitment” sees fit.
[cross posted at Speak Out For America]
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Really?
jimnden Wednesday, December 9th at 1:29PM EST (link)“Climate change” is about money and power? Who knew?
Here in Denver we’re singing “Wonderful Copenhagen” in below-zero weather. Yeah, yeah – it’s climate change, not global warming. Blah blah blah. You try working in daytime temperatures hovering around 4 degrees and then tell me I should become a true believer.
haystack- Great post, but you left out
Scope (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 1:48PM EST (link)the wording about the UK, the US and Denmark being the power players.
I know Scope...I was afraid to
Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 1:55PM EST (link)because, while they were singled out, the quote implies there are others. I’m waiting to see who else is implicated. Apparently Africa has walked out of the talks so I suspect more bombs will drop in the next 24 hrs.
“It does not take a majority to prevail … but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.”
~Sam Adams
Thanks haystack for clarifying that
Scope (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 2:43PM EST (link)The fact that they decided to go forward with this debacle on the heels of Climategate was insane. I guess they didn’t want to idle the sex goddesses for free drive. I suspect, probably as you do, that there won’t be even a majority of nations left in Copen-haaagen by the end of the talks. It just keeps getting worse and worse.
Sideline the UN's role? OMG!! What will happen to Carbon for Food?
nessa (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 2:30PM EST (link)The only surprise I personally find here is that there are other greedy souls outperforming the greedy souls at the UN, I was pretty certain they had a lock on that title.
“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
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This is Precious: Politico States "Climategate Distracts At Copenhagen"
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 3:54PM EST (link)That’s the present headline at Politico. They have that title with a composire picture of four people including Sarah Palin. Palin just wroter an op-ed in the Wash Post blasting Climategate and Copenhagen. Below the Politico headline there is a another blog that asks:
“Does Palin’s “science” belong in a serious paper?”
Well, yeah
Hermes (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 4:53PM EST (link)” Many are coming to believe this is more about money and power than it is about coming together to address issues and solve “global” problems.”
One hates to be crass here, but… Duh! You mentioned the key right here:
“In suggesting that the UN be squeezed out, and that all the climate funds be managed by the World Bank, it is becoming increasingly clear that Copenhagen is not about protecting the planet but rather about setting up an “offshore account” funded by the respective citizenry of the developed nations, to redistribute as “the circle of commitment” sees fit.”
Anything involving the World Bank is beyond suspect – it’s absolutely, blatantly criminal. The UN is a cesspool of cupidity and vacuousness, but it looks like a choir of angels and scholars compared to the World Bank. Why the United States continues to have anything to do with either agency is beyond me. Whatever happened to the Founders’ non-interventionism?
As for the so-called developing nations calling BS on the whole Climate Change Conference… good for them. The sooner they start looking to their own leaders for solutions rather than corrupt Euro-trash bureaucrats the better.
Bangladesh shakedown crew demonizes 'Al Jazeera and Fox News'
katesmith (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 4:54PM EST (link)Newspaper Berlingske, says ‘Al Jazeera and Fox News’ do not care about victims in Bangladesh. The paper often runs photos of all kinds of flood and drought victims, refers to them as “climate refugees.” Everything is climate, and all the fault of the US. They are intensely focused on the US and getting billions from us every year ad infinitum. Regarding cutting out the UN, someone suggested the World Bank would become the recipient and disburser of all funds. Obama appoints the pres. of the World Bank. I read sometime ago that Soros had been trying to get pal Mark Malloch Brown into that job (would give him more info to scam currencies). And that now Soros has his guy in the White House, chances are good he’ll get Brown in the World Bank.
dressing up
cjohnson Wednesday, December 9th at 5:00PM EST (link)Seems the protesters are there in force, amusing costume:
http://winstonscat.blogspot.com/2009/12/get-it.html
Typically...
mdyou (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 5:02PM EST (link)Scope Wednesday, December 9th at 2:43PM EST (link)
The fact that they decided to go forward with this debacle on the heels of Climategate was insane. I guess they didn’t want to idle the sex goddesses for free drive. I suspect, probably as you do, that there won’t be even a majority of nations left in Copen-haaagen by the end of the talks. It just keeps getting worse and worse.
…Barry changes his original plan of being present early on, to appear towards the end of Hopenhagen. How rich if he’s the only one left…
It's all ok though, because they're serving carbon-neutral wines.
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Wednesday, December 9th at 7:52PM EST (link)http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/sa-carbon-neutral-wines-for-copenhagen-20091210-kl1u.html
Carbon neutral wines produced in South Australia’s Clare Valley will be served at an official function at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference on Thursday.
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Taylors chief executive Mitchell Taylor said it was important for the company to showcase the world’s only carbon neutral wines to such an influential group of environmental leaders.
[snip - to the last sentence of the article]
The total carbon footprint is based on a full life cycle assessment with Taylors offsetting all emissions associated with production from bud-burst in the vineyard to the disposal of the empty bottle.
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There’s WAY too much snark I can run up just from the idea of this whole thing, but that last bit sent me over the edge………….
The total ‘drunkie-poo to success’ coefficient is based on the full life-cycle assessment from meeting her in the bar at the restaurant on the beach, dropping a few hundred on dinner (including a bottle or two of carbon uber-positive wine) and letting the magic happen on it’s own.
“Bud burst” indeed.
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What tools ! Gonna be fun to watch ‘em all really crash and burn by their own hand.