Australia Signs Kyoto
How to sign Kyoto without doing anything about it seems to be the name of the game.
BUT they can’t agree on setting even a 20% target even though they told the electorate that Kyoto and climate change is the highest priority for the new government!
In fact we all know that developed countries need to meet targets of 40% reduction by 2020 and then aim for 80%. Developing countries need to hold their outputs constant while raising their standard of living. Yes we do understand that it is great to get an economic report as part of decision making but we do need to realise that the longer we leave it the worse the economics get.
Kevin Rudd says “Australia should be a bridge between developed and developing countries. Come on Kevin – that is pure hypocrisy! Per head of population Australians are around the highest emitters of greenhouse gasses and we are very much a developed nation. Who does he think he is kidding!
Sure we are facing pain and change but the pain and change if we don’t get on with it will be much worse if we keep pussyfooting around.
We are living beyond our means in the way we use resources and like people who live beyond their financial means end up bankrupt, we will end up environmentally bankrupt but with out the ability to wipe the slate and start again. our children and grandchildren will have to live in mess we leave them. I care about this, especially when I look at my grandchildren.
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