UN CLIMATE SUMMIT

UN CLIMATE SUMMIT

Tens of thousands of activists on Sunday, 13th December, 2009, marched to the Bella Center in Copenhagen, where the U.N climate Summit is being held demanding a strong treaty to tackle global warming.
India rejected points in the draft treaty that wants all countries to cut emissions, agree to a peaking year and subject their mitigation actions to international scruting. India would not compromise on its three key principles- no legally binding emissions cuts, no peaking year and no international review of domestic funded mitigation actions. “ India will not compromise on its teen murti” Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said “ we must get an agreement in 2010” Mr Ramesh said and hinted at a political statement at the end of the 12 day talks, which will be attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Developing nations boycott climate talks. China and other developing nations boycotted the united nations climate talks on Monday 14 th December, 2009 bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their green house gas emissions.
The developing countries want to extend the 1977 kyoto protocol, which imposed penalties on rich nations of they did not comply with its strict emissions limits but made no such binding demands on developing nations.
The Prime Minister Manmohan singh and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao are expected to meet on Thursday 17th December, 2009 when they arrive in the Danish Capital for concluding session of the united Nations climate summit. The two countries could work together to achieve positive results from the Copenhagen conference. Describing India and China as” emerging powers and the future of the world'
Energy conservation activities have helped a lot in reducing the emission of green house gases. Student to launch a campaign against avoidable use of energy.
Energy environment and sustainable development had become a major concern in the developing world owing to their impact o climate change, economic growth and ecological conservation Renewable and alternative energy technologies, policies and strategies had achieved an increasing momentum in most developing countries to mitigate climate change from the alarming rise in green house gas emissions. Sustainable development of the country was possible only through balanced technological development, together with switching on to renewable energy and recycling techniques.
It was high time an energy policy was framed for finding new strategies for sensible utilization and conservation of depleting conventional energy resources. Exploring new possibilities and applications of renewable and alternative energy techniques was needed of the hour dangerous global warming will be distributed globally, across 192 countries. Climate change affects every one, and must be solved everyone. The science is complex but the facts are clear. The world needs to take steps to limit temperature rises to 2c, an aim that will require global emissions to peak and begin falling with in the next 5-10 years.
The developed nations focused substantially on shifting an unjust share of the global mitigation burden to the developing countries.
China on Monday accused the developed nations of trying to split the developing countries to weaken their voice at the Copenhagen summit. It also called upon the developing countries to come together in the Common interest of mankind. China's voluntary reduction targets did not attach any condition, nor was it linked to any other countries action.
CPI (M) parliamentary party leader Sitaram Yechury said India would not accept any cut-off date for carbon emissions, as a large majority of Indians had no access to electricity and still survived on wood and cow-dung cakes as fuel. Developing countries including India would not accept any mandatory emission targets.
We require environmental justice and we can accept only when every human being has equal access to carbon space.

Prof John Kurakar