CLIMATE CHANGE

Global Warming: Will the meeting make appropriate changes required to initiate the Protocol?

To save Planet earth from hazardous climatic disturbances a weeklong preparatory meeting was held in Poznan, Poland from 1^st to the 12^th of December. Talks began with new methods to reduce carbon emissions to promote a concrete solution when

the Kyoto Protocol ends in 2012. Around 189 countries were a part of this meeting where certain environmental matters were discussed. At the beginning of the meeting, delegates at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Montreal finally agreed to implement a Rulebook for the Protocol after years of concession and endorsement. The United States which had supposedly walked out of the summit earlier, agreed to participate in the non-biding talks on remedies to reduce Global Warming.

UK Environment Secretary Margaret Beckett said that the UN Control deal, which met with a success in Montreal, has been conveniently glorified. The meeting might prove to be fruitful especially in context of the Road to Copenhagen, a web-based initiative started in 2007. Shadow Environment Secretary Peter Ainsworth says that talks won’t suffice, as we need to take the first step as well. First and foremost to ensure the correct form of implementation we need to make use of funds provided in the most effective way possible rather than just walking on the right path to reach our proposed destination. Technology is like a sharpener, which can only sharpen our pencils. Before anything else we need to take the initiative of moving our fingers. Likewise as responsible Natives of this planet, we can bring about a difference only if we make an attempt to reduce climate issues and make this world a better place to live in. New Tory Leader David Cameron took the first leap by setting a policy group on the Environment to enforce effective decisions on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The largest contribution of emissions of industrial countries has come from economies, which have seen a rise of 7.4 % in greenhouse gas emissions within a span of 6 years from 2000-2006. Reports say that among industrialized Nations 16 have still not met their Kyoto Obligations and around 20 are astray which include Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand and Spain. Nations, which will possibly miss the target in 2012, will have to incur a penalty of an additional third added to what the Cut has been agreed upon in the meeting. If given a thought there can be some possible solutions to the existing problems. The world needs to agree towards winning this battle against Global Warming by taking steps, which would halve global emissions by 2050. The most prominent area we need to look into is by how much and when will the carbon emissions be reduced? Not by aiming at something, which is impractical, but by aiming at short term targets like 20-35 % by 2020 at present. Developing countries should look for alternatives to afford clean technology to reduce emissions, such as carbon capture and solar power, developed mainly by companies in industrial areas. They should also organize and manage their funds for adaptation and mitigation in the present scenario. Deforestation causes about a fifth of all greenhouse gas emissions. So in this aspect how will the developing countries work towards keeping tropical forests integral. And last but not the least, how can the systems set for us such as the UN Clean Development Mechanism and the European Emissions trading scheme, set under Kyoto, be strengthened and Expanded in such a manner that we become more responsible towards the cause.