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A Climate for Co-operation
Can we really lessen the effects of climate change if we remain a set of self-interested states working in isolation or is global cooperation the only solution for a stable climate? Cheryl Jenkins explores the answers… As I was taking the recycling out this morning it struck me that there are so many factors that influence to what degree our actions will reduce the warming that is predicted by climate experts – how do we know how much of a difference we’re actually making? We carry on about our disparate lives putting faith in the governments of the world to set the right targets, make the right decisions and hope for the best. The United Nations (UN) Bali Summit that took place last December initiated a two-year process of negotiations to agree targets for reductions in green house gas emissions. Although the BBC News website has reported a ‘spirit of flexibility’, the US, Canada and Japan were opposed to the European Union’s suggestion that industrialised nations should cut emissions by 25-40% by 2020. Disappointingly, the final report gave no mention of specific targets and the negotiations are set to continue until the next big UN climate conference, Copenhagen in 2009. As the Kyoto protocol, our current international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions limits, runs out in 2012 it is important that in Copenhagen 2009 a powerful international agreement is produced that sets out clear emissions cuts. All parties have agreed that we must avoid ‘dangerous’ climate change. What that means exactly has not been decided, but in an earlier Kindred Spirit article (Issue 87, p.12) research was presented which showed that unless warming was kept below 2ºC, future food supply could be in danger.
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