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China’s ‘carbon intensity’ commitment means nothing Molly Scott Cato 15th October, 2009 There’s been plenty of excitement over China and India’s pledges to reduce the ‘carbon intensity’ of their economies. But without absolute limits, this is just business as usual As we get closer to the climate-change negotiations in Copenhagen in December you can expect Continue Reading →
Kevin Rudd’s speech to the Lowy Institute last Friday was one of the most extraordinary pieces of rhetorical hypocrisy this country has seen in recent years.
Coming only days after he had been singled out by African negotiators at the Barcelona pre-Copenhagen talks as one of the leaders whose action does not match his political manifesto, you have to admire our PM’s gall for blaming the lack of global and domestic action on sceptics who, frankly, are not in a position of real power. Sure, the sceptics make a lot of noise. Sure, they make life annoying and difficult. But a real leader would stand up, sweep them aside, and do what it takes.
Rich countries bullying poorer ones, mud-slinging and back-stabbing – environmental summits can be vicious
At 8am on Wednesday 7 October, a smartly dressed fiftysomething Filipino woman took the escalator to the first floor of the UN building in Bangkok and merged into a throng of diplomats, civil servants and environmentalists arriving for the eighth day of the ninth session of the global climate talks. She was met with a few respectful nods.
Bernarditas de Castro Muller – “Ditas” to her chums – chatted to a journalist and a colleague, and then went to work in conference room 1. She spread her papers in front of her, stood up and began to belch fire, tearing the flesh off three Americans and chewing two Europeans. After swallowing them whole, she sat back down.
Small actions allow people to overlook the bigger ones and still claim they are being environmentally responsible
The ‘licensing effect’: Researchers have found that buying green can establish the moral credentials that license subsequent bad behaviour. Photograph: Martin Godwin
How many times have you heard the argument that small green actions lead to bigger ones?
I’ve heard it hundreds of times: habits that might scarcely register in their own right are still useful because they encourage people to think of themselves as green, and therefore to move on to tougher actions.
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The state Opposition says development needs to take account of rising sea levels. (ABC)
Figures from the National Tidal Centre show sea levels along Western Australia’s coast are rising at a rate double that of the world average.
Global sea levels rise at an average of just more than 3 millimetres a year.
Latest figures show sea levels have risen an average 8.6 millimetres a year off Perth and 8.1 millimetres in the Kimberley.
Yvo de Boer says US target is essential as poor countries threaten walk-out at Copenhagen
Poor countries such as Nepal suffer some of the worst effects of climate change. Photograph: PR
The last formal negotiations before the global summit on climate change in Copenhagen concluded in acrimony today, with developing countries threatening to walk out of the December conference unless rich countries commit themselves to far greater cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
While the countries remain officially optimistic that a strong global warming treaty can be struck, they are privately braced for a weak outcome which heads of state will sign, but the public and scientists will condemn as much too little to prevent catastrophic global warming.