[Debate] (Fwd) Best collection of Conf of Polluter crits?
Patrick Bond
pbond at mail.ngo.za
Sun Dec 25 11:59:16 GMT 2011
http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-cop17-durban-un-climate-summit-2011-betrayal-life
Compilation: COP17 Durban UN Climate Summit 2011: Betrayal of Life
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-cop17-durban-un-climate-summit-2011-betrayal-life>
Glenn MacIntosh
Betrayal <http://www.ecosanity.org/category/betrayal>
Durban Summit 2011 <http://www.ecosanity.org/category/durban-summit-2011>
Titanic <http://www.ecosanity.org/category/titanic>
UN Climate Summits <http://www.ecosanity.org/category/un-climate-summits>
COP17 Durban UN Climate Summit, Nov. 28 - Dec. 9, 2011
This is an ongoing compilation of material and developments related to
the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
<http://unfccc.int/2860.php>, COP 17 (Conference of the Parties), annual
Climate Change Summit <http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/>, held in
Durban, South Africa, Nov. 28 - Dec. 11, 2011, and its aftermath.
Our interest is less about conference details and more about the broad
stroke realities of international climate negotiations
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/un-climate-summits> in general. For
nuances and Canada-specific info, check out the resources at the bottom
of this post (to be followed by a Canada-focused compilation and more as
soon as we can).
The embedded videos (above), linked articles, blog posts, reports and
resources are what we feel are the most succinct, relevant and useful
pieces that convey the most urgency with the least BS.
Yet picky as we try to be,*almost all of this linked material and public
statements made by most involved -- whether representatives of rich
governments, politicians, banks, corporations, lobbyists, deniers,
media, science academies or ENGOs (Environmental Non-governmental
Organizations), and however deliberate, or despite best intentions --
contain dated, inaccurate references, often grand understatement and /
or flat out misinformation.*
*Given the DIRE EMERGENCY of the climate crisis, we consider this to be
a dangerous betrayal of public trust, and of all life.*
*COP17 UN Durban Climate Summit 2011 - Post mortem (selected)*
(Scroll to bottom for many more links / resources)
* Q & A - Why Durban is different from past climate agreements, F.
Harvey, J. Vidal, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/11/durban-questions-and-answers>
* Article - Dangerous decade: What follows Durban climate deal? F.
Pearce, New Scientist
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21278-dangerous-decade-what-follows-the-durban-climate-deal.html>
* Statement - Disastrous "Durban Package" accelerates onset of climate
catastrophe, FOEI
<http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2011/climate-disastrous-durban-package-accelerates-onset-of-climate-catastrophe>
* Video interview - Pablo Solon: Climate apartheid, the lost decade to
2020, Democracy NOW! <http://youtu.be/UxqaIrVijO4>
* Release - Durban climate talks a spectacular failure, M. Worthy,
World Development Movement
<http://www.wdm.org.uk/climate-change/durban-climate-talks-%E2%80%98spectacular-failure%E2%80%99>
* Opinion - Climate summit was a pathetic exercise in deceit, T.
Homer-Dixon, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-summit-was-a-pathetic-exercise-in-deceit/article2267900/>
* Post - Climate deal guarantees our children will be worse off than
us, D. Carrington, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/dec/11/durban-climate-change-conference-2011-climate-change>
* Post - COP17 succumbs to climate apartheid, Global Justice Ecology
Project
<http://climate-connections.org/2011/12/11/cop17-succumbs-to-climate-apartheid/>
* Article - NGOs slam climate talks' resolutions, Times Live
<http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/12/11/ngo-s-slam-climate-talks-resolutions>
* Post - Last thoughts on Durban package, Elizabeth May, Green Party
of Canada
<http://greenparty.ca/blogs/7/2011-12-11/last-thoughts-durban-package>
* Statement - Durban climate summit saves face at expense of future
generations, CYD COP17
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/durban-climate-summit-saves-face-at-the-expense-of-future-generations/>
* Release - Governments fail on ambition, courage at UN climate change
talks, WWF <http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?202787>
* Release - First reaction to Durban climate talks, Friends of the
Earth Int'l
<http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2011/reaction-to-durban-climate-talks>
* Post - Showdown at the Durban disaster: Challenging the 'big green'
patriarchy, Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project
<http://climate-connections.org/2011/12/16/showdown-at-the-durban-disaster-challenging-the-big-green-patriarchy/>
* Post - Politicians listen to the polluters at climate talks,
Greenpeace Int'l
<http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/Politicians-Listen-to-the-Polluters-at-UN-climate-talks/>
* Release - Immediate reaction from Alden Meyer, Union of Concerned
Scientists
<http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ucs-expert-offers-reaction-to-durban-1360.html>
* Post - 3 sleepless nights in a global emergency, Bill Blakemore, ABC
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/12/three-sleepless-nights-in-a-global-emergency/>
* Post - Top 5 take aways from Durban climate talks, David Roberts,
Grist
<http://www.grist.org/climate-change/2011-12-12-the-top-five-takeaways-from-the-durban-climate-talks>
* Article - Suicide pact at Durban, Gwynne Dyer
<http://www.embassymag.ca/dailyupdate/view/suicide_pact_at_durban_12-14-2011>
* Article - UN climate conference approves landmark deal? Arthur Max,
AP
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/11/un-climate-conference-approves-landmark-deal_n_1141610.html>
* Article - Durban deal will not avert catastrophic climate change, F.
Harvey, J. Vidal, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/11/durban-climate-change-deal?intcmp=122>
* Article - Climate deal salvaged after marathon talks in Durban, J.
Vidal, F. Harvey, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/10/un-climate-change-summit-durban>
*4 important quotes*
"The planet has already warmed about a degree Celsius (+0.8C); *it's
clearly going to go well past two degrees (+2C).*" ... "...the
endless talks underway in Durban should be more important than ever
-- they should be the focus of a planetary population desperate to
figure out *how it's going to survive the century*." ~ The most
important news story of the day / millennium, Bill McKibben,
350.org, Dec. 5, 2011
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-mckibben/carbon-emissions-report_b_1129812.html>
"Two degrees (+2C) is not enough -- we should be thinking of +1.5C.
If we are not headed to +1.5C we are in big, big trouble." ... "The
argument I am making is not about feasibility but an argument of
social justice. *We can't have as our goal something that we already
know does not guarantee the survival of low-lying states and
sub-Saharan Africa*. If we already know that, in my book there is no
way we can stick to the goal we know is completely unacceptable to
the most exposed [countries]." ~ UN Chief, Christina Figueres,
challenges world to agree tougher target for climate change +1.5C,
not +2C, Fiona Harvey, The Guardian, June 1, 2011
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/01/climate-change-target-christiana-figueres>
"...*at today's level of carbon dioxide, and not much above the
current temperature, the world has experienced sea-levels 5 to 25
metres higher than at present! ... It is hard to argue that anything
above the Holocene maximum (of around +0.5C above the pre-industrial
temperature) can preserve a safe climate, and that we have not
already gone too far*. The notion that +1.5C is a safe target is
out the window, and even +1C looks like an unacceptably high risk."
~ Re-thinking a "safe climate": Have we already gone too far? David
Spratt, Climate Code Red, interprets James Hansen research, Jan. 23,
2011
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/essential-article-re-thinking-safe-climate-have-we-already-gone-too-far%3F-david-spratt>
"...to be honest, nobody over here is paying any attention to
science." ... "...most of the discussions that are taking place over
here are really focusing narrowly on short term politics...very
narrow interests..." ~ Video: Interview with Rajendra Pachauri, Head
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Democracy NOW!
Dec. 7, 2011 <http://youtu.be/ynPklYx8SM8>
*The betrayal of Life in 10 need-to-know bullets*
* *RIGHT NOW, our shared atmosphere is on an accelerating course to
reach a state of potentially unsurvivable, runaway climate extremes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change> during the
lives of today's children* -- ecoSanity Compilation: +4C by 2060s or
sooner (catastrophic and incompatible with organized civilization).
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-4c-2060s-or-sooner-catastrophic>
* *The threat of imminent climate tipping points
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point_%28climatology%29>* that
would lead to irreversible, runaway global catastrophe are the
reason survival is a race against time / a rapidly closing window of
opportunity and one-time chance to reverse course at EMERGENCY speed
RIGHT NOW.
* *The key tipping point threshold is not +2C
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/race-2-survival-what-does-2-stand-%3F>
as the international climate negotiations decree*, and as the
world's foremost climatologist, Dr. James Hansen
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hansen> stated in 2008 would be
"a recipe for disaster, not salvation
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/essential-article-re-thinking-safe-climate-have-we-already-gone-too-far%3F-david-spratt>".
Nor is it +1.5C as 'developing' countries propose. The key tipping
point threshold is, in fact, RIGHT NOW, at less than +1C, because
deadly global impacts have already decreased arctic ice volume by
3/4
<http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/09/11/316326/new-arctic-abnormal-record-low-sea-ice-volume-area-and-extent/>;
already threaten widespread fresh water scarcity
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity> (more here
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/maplecrofts-global-water-stress-index-2011>);
already threaten food/agricultural production
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-foodagriculture-climate-emergency>;
already threaten multi-regional security
<http://www.earth-policy.org/book_bytes/2011/wotech7_ss1>; and
already DISPLACE MILLIONS and KILL HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of the
world's most vulnerable, least culpable people EVERY YEAR
<http://ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns/race2survival/alreadytoofar>.
The last time it was this hot, sea levels became 5 - 25 metres
higher
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/essential-article-re-thinking-safe-climate-have-we-already-gone-too-far%3F-david-spratt>
than they are today. Also see: Skeptical Science
<http://www.skepticalscience.com/What-was-it-like-the-last-time-CO2-levels-were-this-high.html>
and The Grist
<http://www.grist.org/list/2011-04-19-heres-what-earth-was-like-last-time-co2-was-this-high>.
* *There's a 30 to 40-year latent heat lag
<http://www.skepticalscience.com/Climate-Change-The-40-Year-Delay-Between-Cause-and-Effect.html>,
many of the most credible scientists now fear that +2C is no longer
avoidable, and* a major scientific update to the 2007
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report (IPCC)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/founders-imperative-part-2-5-our-diagnosis>
that all international climate negotiations are based on AND limited
by -- the Scientific Congress on Climate Change Synthesis Report
(March, 2009)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/race-survival-or-sprint-extinction%3F-summary-march-2009-emergency-climate-conference-copen>
-- concluded that an increase of +2C to +2.4C is already locked in
(page 18) <http://ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns/race2survival/2>.
* *International climate negotiations are a corporate
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/corporation-trailer-documentary> corrupted,
growth <http://www.ecosanity.org/category/growth>-focused and market
mechanism
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/maude-barlow-urgent-call-unite-toward-whole-different-economic-trade-development-model>-biased
charade based on the now very dated
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/models-guiding-climate-policy-dangerously-optimistic>
and dangerously underestimated scientific conclusions of the 2007
IPCC Report
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/founders-imperative-part-2-5-our-diagnosis>*
that the richest, most powerful, most morally culpable governments
of the world continue to resist / deny in order to justify their
negligent, uniformly inadequate responses
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2069395,00.html>
(see interactive graph a little further down). For instance, the
2007 IPCC did not include the threat of mass methane release from
permafrost and ocean shelf melt
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-methane-time-bomb-emergency-death-spiral-meltdown-arctic-ice>
(way more powerful heat influence than CO2) or ocean acidification
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/ocean-acidification> (the threat
to base life upon which all other life including us depend for our
very existence). And present, unequivocal trends now track at or
beyond outdated, WORST-CASE SCENARIOS
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/emergency-instead-peakreverse-necessary-prevent-runaway-climate-disruption-record-2010>.
* *The climate crisis is an EMERGENCY -- RIGHT NOW -- that can only be
addressed with EMERGENCY ACTION on a massive scale -- RIGHT NOW.*
Many conservative entities and other supposed authorities have
stated that by 2020 or 2017 or 2015, irreversible, runaway tipping
points
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point_%28climatology%29> will
be locked in
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/conservative-energy-agency-iea-warning-lock-irreversible-climate-change-only-5-years-away>.
This arrogance of certainty is based on outdated science and leaps
to presume that we can predict with such accuracy the epic
complexities and geological variables of the fragile global climate
balance that evolved over thousands / hundreds of thousands /
millions of years. If we are lucky, there *may* still be a brief,
RAPIDLY CLOSING window of opportunity to prevent the worst outcomes,
but only quick, bold, EMERGENCY ACTION
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/lester-brown-plan-b-40-we-only-have-months-not-years-save-civilization-climate-change>
can buy time in order to maximize the potential possibilities of
whatever hail Marys might be implemented to help slow and reverse
the epic process we have set in motion.
* *The Arctic ice cap (the Earth's key cooling and climate balance
regulator) MUST NOT MELT because it would tip
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change> the balance of
everything else, AND because it would ensure the release of those
huge stores of methane we mentioned that have begun to leak
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-methane-time-bomb-emergency-death-spiral-meltdown-arctic-ice>
from their safe, dormant states beneath the permafrost and ocean
shelves*. But a consequence of local feedback mechanisms and global
heat circulation from the equator to the poles via the atmosphere
and global ocean (only one, all connected) is that the Arctic region
heats / has heated 2 x faster than anywhere else on Earth
<http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/>. It has ALREADY LOST 3/4 OF
ITS VOLUME
<http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/09/11/316326/new-arctic-abnormal-record-low-sea-ice-volume-area-and-extent/>
over the last few decades to a record low in 2011
<http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/09/11/316326/new-arctic-abnormal-record-low-sea-ice-volume-area-and-extent/>,
and record 2010 emissions
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/emergency-instead-peakreverse-necessary-prevent-runaway-climate-disruption-record-2010>
will further ACCELERATE this unprecedented DEATH SPIRAL.
* *We must transform our suicidal, ecocidal, biocidal, pro-genocidal
(future generations), fossil fuel-based, greenhouse gas-intensive
global economy into one grounded in clean, ZERO carbon, everlasting
(wind, solar, geothermal, tidal) energy and conservation AS SOON AND
AS FAST AS POSSIBLE**.*
* *We have geoengineered <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoengineering>
(polluted / heated / 'occupied') the atmosphere for 200 years* --
The radiative forcing of CO2 that humans have put in the air equals
1 million Hiroshima bombs EVERY DAY, Mike Sandiford, Director of the
Melbourne Energy Institute, Climate Progress
<http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/06/30/257790/radiative-forcing-co2-1-million-hiroshima-bombs-a-day/>*.
But now we have to figure out how to somehow REMOVE huge amounts of
greenhouse gasses from the air that we've already emitted *because
rapid reductions alone are not enough to reverse our course and
restore the 'safe climate' balance we -- and most other species --
evolved in / are dependant upon for reasonable, organized
civilization / mass survival.
* *Only EMERGENCY international action at EMERGENCY speed
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/lester-brown-plan-b-40-we-only-have-months-not-years-save-civilization-climate-change>
*may be* proportional enough to confront the scale, scope and
urgency of what is already the greatest crime against humanity, most
life and most future life EVER* -- Climate Change Human Impact
Report 2009
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/climate-change-human-impact-report-hundreds-millions-suffering-4-billion-vulnerable-now>.
*Some frames of reference*
In the 2009 article, Perfect storm of environmental and economic
collapse closer than you think
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/23/jonathon-porritt-recession-climate-crisis>,
Jonathon Porritt <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathon_Porritt>, made
the argument that a confluence of factors are anticipated to build over
the next few years and mount into "world upheavals", perhaps as soon as
2020
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/23/jonathon-porritt-recession-climate-crisis>.
Yet in 2011, international negotiations
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/un-climate-summits> led to a further
delay of action until 2015, 2018, 2020
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/20/rich-nations-give-up-climate-treaty>.
*But what we do NOW -- on a grand scale, and FAST -- is our only chance
to avoid those tipping points
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point_%28climatology%29> we
mentioned.*
The biggest, most immediate and urgent impact of the climate crisis
EMERGENCY is the threat it poses to water
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_scarcity> (more here
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/maplecrofts-global-water-stress-index-2011>)
and food security <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_security> because
it leads to the entire range of undesired consequences like famine,
disease proliferation, multi-regional instability, conflict, resource
wars
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/essential-video-%E2%80%94-gwynne-dyer-climate-wars-lecture>,
failed states <http://www.earth-policy.org/book_bytes/2011/wotech7_ss1>
(the number of countries at high risk of disintegration has doubled from
7 to 15 since 2005), mass migration and die-offs.
The neighborhood of +6C global average temperature increase beyond
pre-industrial (1900) levels is considered unlivable
<http://www.marklynas.org/2007/2/3/our-final-warning-degree-by-degree>
for most life. A rise of +3C would assure the catastrophic collapse of
agriculture worldwide. In vulnerable climates like Africa, this tip
would begin at +1C and occur through the lead up to +2C (billions hungry
or starved to death).
On our 'business as usual' emissions path, the UK Met Office
<http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/> warns that +4C by 2055
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17864-no-rainforest-no-monsoon-get-ready-for-a-warmer-world.html>
(catastrophic and incompatable with organized civilization) is very
plausible. It has been suggested that only 10% of humanity could
survive
<http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Warming-will-39wipe-out-billions39.5867379.jp>.
And not pleasantly. And not for long because +4C leads to +5C, then +6C
(see bullet points below).
Decades sooner there would be drastic compromise to water and food
security
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/mar/23/jonathon-porritt-recession-climate-crisis>
worldwide. As mentioned above, in many ways and places, there already
is
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/lester-brown-plan-b-40-we-only-have-months-not-years-save-civilization-climate-change>.
3 key concerns:
* *The unpredictability of positive feedback loops
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_feedback#Feedback>*, which
most climate models and the all-important 2007 IPCC report do NOT
incorporate <http://ecosanity.org/category/ipcc>, will multiply and
accelerate impacts.
* *The degree of risk* associated with the likelihood of non-linear
decline, tipping points
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point_%28climatology%29>
beyond which 'runaway
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change>' momentum
becomes irreversible, and the potential in various climate systems
for sudden, abrupt change
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrupt_climate_change> is NOT
calculated. Potential sudden climate system flip
<http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/321/5889/680> -- +2C
to +4C in as brief as a 3 year period of time. The record is +6C in
1--3 years,+10-12C over 50 years (Steffensen, 2008). See: Dramatic
climate change is unpredictable, Science Daily
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100830094922.htm>
* *The inertia of latent heat that's already in the system but has not
yet been felt* (there's a 30 to 40-year lag
<http://www.skepticalscience.com/Climate-Change-The-40-Year-Delay-Between-Cause-and-Effect.html>)
already assures global average temperature rise to at least +1.4C
(from 1900). Many of the most credible scientists now fear that +2C
is no longer avoidable. And a major scientific update to the 2007
IPCC report -- the Scientific Congress on Climate Change Synthesis
Report (March, 2009)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/race-survival-or-sprint-extinction%3F-summary-march-2009-emergency-climate-conference-copen>
-- concluded that an increase of +2C to +2.4C is already locked in
(page 18) <http://ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns/race2survival/2>.
Former World Bank <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Bank> chief
economist and author of the 2006 Stern Review
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_report>, Nicholas Stern
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Nicholas_Stern>, concluded that
climate breakdown <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change>
threatens to be the greatest market failure
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure> ever because the costs of
fossil fuel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_failure> emissions are
not incorporated into free market
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market> accounting and polluters are
not forced to pay for the social / environmental costs / impacts
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_cost> of their pollution.
In 2009, he warned of "severe risks"
<http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/lord-stern-on-global-warming-its-even-worse-than-i-thought-1643957.html>if
global average temperature
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_average_temperature> rises by the
predicted +4C to +7C by 2100.
*Agriculture would be destroyed and life would be impossible over much
of the planet.*
The last time the Earth was that hot was 30 - 50 million years ago
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_timescale>.
The last time it was even +3C warmer was 3 million years ago
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_timescale>, a reality that we are
on course to reach again LONG BEFORE 2100.
When conservative bodies like the International Energy Agency (IEA)
<http://www.iea.org/> warn that irreversible climate change will be
locked in within 5 years
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/conservative-energy-agency-iea-warning-lock-irreversible-climate-change-only-5-years-away>,
or when the outdated 2007 IPCC report
<http://ecosanity.org/category/ipcc> underestimates state that global
emissions must peak by 2015 then rapidly decrease, we always try to keep
the big picture in mind -- that amount of heat-trapping CO2 in the
atmosphere is already higher than at any time over the last 2 MILLION
YEARS <http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0618-co2.html>, and thathumanity is
only 200,000 years young <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans>.
Given these epic time scales, isn't it a little hard to believe that we
can determine the year -- or even decade -- by which action must be
taken in order to avert irreversible, runaway
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change> climate tipping
points <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point_%28climatology%29>?
And don't you find arguments to delay action for any amount of time
nonsensical when, based on the interactive graph from
climateinteractive.org <http://climateinteractive.org/scoreboard>
(embedded above) of the supposed gap between national commitments if
implemented vs. what would be required just to achieve supposed
necessary targets, global average temperature increases would become so
extreme within just a few decades (+3C, +4C
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-4c-2060s-or-sooner-catastrophic>),
that they would be incompatible with organized civilization and threaten
the ability of most life to survive
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-4c-2060s-or-sooner-catastrophic>?
But you sure don't hear nasty little details like these very often, do you?
*We've already gone way too far*
The first comprehensive study focused on the adverse effects of climate
change on human society (2009)
<http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=29612>
revealed that:
* Hundreds of millions around the globe are suffering the consequences
of climate change impacts NOW -- their lives lost or livelihoods
undermined or destroyed -- and 4 billion (60% of the world's
population!) are vulnerable
* Developing countries bear more than 90% of burden, but are least
responsible for causes
* 99% of deaths linked to climate change occur in developing countries
* Current adaptation efforts NEED TO BE SCALED UP 100 TIMES
* *The findings are very conservative, true human impact will be FAR
MORE SEVERE*
*Bottom line*
* RIGHT NOW, our shared atmosphere is on an accelerating course to
reach a state of potentially unsurvivable, runaway climate extremes
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaway_climate_change> *during the
lives of today's children *-- ecoSanity Compilation: +4C by 2060s or
sooner
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-4c-2060s-or-sooner-catastrophic>
* Only EMERGENCY international action at EMERGENCY speed
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/lester-brown-plan-b-40-we-only-have-months-not-years-save-civilization-climate-change>
*may be* proportional enough to confront the scale, scope and
urgency of what is already *the greatest crime against humanity,
most life and most future life EVER* -- Climate Change Human Impact
Report 2009
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/climate-change-human-impact-report-hundreds-millions-suffering-4-billion-vulnerable-now>
Much of the social and economic critique given voice by the Occupy
movement
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-occupy-together>
applies to the international climate negotiation
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/un-climate-summits> process, dynamic
and inequitable balance of power.
*In their current form, the talks are a charade dominated by the
systemic corruption of global politics and economics by rich, corporate
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/corporation-trailer-documentary>
lobbied (controlled), deadly fossil fuel-based and greenhouse
gas-intensive energy addicted nations that threaten our fragile, finite
world with their suicidal, ecocidal, biocidal, pro-genocidal (future
generations) pathologies of endless growth
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/growth> and consumerism
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/consumption>.* (See video: Urgent
call to unite toward 'a whole different economic, trade and development
model', Maude Barlow
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/maude-barlow-urgent-call-unite-toward-whole-different-economic-trade-development-model>)
*If the umbrella crisis of climate breakdown / disruption /
destabilization is not tackled fast, its impacts -- severe threats to
fresh water scarcity, global agriculture and multi-regional insecurity
and instability -- will make it impossible for us to address ALL other
global issues and causes, let alone to thrive or survive.*
*The leaders of rich nations and the economic and other entities they
aim to appease must alter humanity's current, 'business as usual' course.*
*Instead, they must take the choice and moral imperative to value,
prioritize, preserve and defend life -- and all that is necessary in
nature to sustain it -- over short-term politics, narrow interests,
consumption, growth, wars and profit NOW, FAST, TODAY, before it's too
late.*
In future posts, we'll expand further on our thoughts about what we
consider to be the betrayal of all life, even by many who are devoted to
defend it. Meanwhile...
Get informed. Get inspired. Get involved and help to motivate bold, new,
transformative approaches and just, resilient, EMERGENCY RESPONSES
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/lester-brown-plan-b-40-we-only-have-months-not-years-save-civilization-climate-change>
to the climate crisis FAST.
*MORE*
*COP17 Durban UN Climate Summit 2011 - Selected articles, blog posts,
releases, reports*
* *Post mortem*
* Q & A - Why Durban is different from past climate agreements, F.
Harvey, J. Vidal, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/11/durban-questions-and-answers>
* Article - Dangerous decade: What follows Durban climate deal? F.
Pearce, New Scientist
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn21278-dangerous-decade-what-follows-the-durban-climate-deal.html>
* Statement - Disastrous "Durban Package" accelerates onset of climate
catastrophe, FOEI
<http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2011/climate-disastrous-durban-package-accelerates-onset-of-climate-catastrophe>
* Video interview - Pablo Solon: Climate apartheid, the lost decade to
2020, Democracy NOW! <http://youtu.be/UxqaIrVijO4>
* Release - Durban climate talks a spectacular failure, M. Worthy,
World Development Movement
<http://www.wdm.org.uk/climate-change/durban-climate-talks-%E2%80%98spectacular-failure%E2%80%99>
* Opinion - Climate summit was a pathetic exercise in deceit, T.
Homer-Dixon, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-summit-was-a-pathetic-exercise-in-deceit/article2267900/>
* Post - Climate deal guarantees our children will be worse off than
us, D. Carrington, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/dec/11/durban-climate-change-conference-2011-climate-change>
* Post - COP17 succumbs to climate apartheid, Global Justice Ecology
Project
<http://climate-connections.org/2011/12/11/cop17-succumbs-to-climate-apartheid/>
* Article - NGOs slam climate talks' resolutions, Times Live
<http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2011/12/11/ngo-s-slam-climate-talks-resolutions>
* Post - Last thoughts on Durban package, Elizabeth May, Green Party
of Canada
<http://greenparty.ca/blogs/7/2011-12-11/last-thoughts-durban-package>
* Statement - Durban climate summit saves face at expense of future
generations, CYD COP17
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/durban-climate-summit-saves-face-at-the-expense-of-future-generations/>
* Release - Governments fail on ambition, courage at UN climate change
talks, WWF <http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?202787>
* Release - First reaction to Durban climate talks, Friends of the
Earth Int'l
<http://www.foei.org/en/media/archive/2011/reaction-to-durban-climate-talks>
* Post - Showdown at the Durban disaster: Challenging the 'big green'
patriarchy, Anne Petermann, Global Justice Ecology Project
<http://climate-connections.org/2011/12/16/showdown-at-the-durban-disaster-challenging-the-big-green-patriarchy/>
* Post - Politicians listen to the polluters at climate talks,
Greenpeace Int'l
<http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/Politicians-Listen-to-the-Polluters-at-UN-climate-talks/>
* Release - Immediate reaction from Alden Meyer, Union of Concerned
Scientists
<http://www.ucsusa.org/news/press_release/ucs-expert-offers-reaction-to-durban-1360.html>
* Post - 3 sleepless nights in a global emergency, Bill Blakemore, ABC
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/12/three-sleepless-nights-in-a-global-emergency/>
* Post - Top 5 take aways from Durban climate talks, David Roberts,
Grist
<http://www.grist.org/climate-change/2011-12-12-the-top-five-takeaways-from-the-durban-climate-talks>
* Article - Suicide pact at Durban, Gwynne Dyer
<http://www.embassymag.ca/dailyupdate/view/suicide_pact_at_durban_12-14-2011>
* Article - UN climate conference approves landmark deal? Arthur Max,
AP
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/11/un-climate-conference-approves-landmark-deal_n_1141610.html>
* Article - Durban deal will not avert catastrophic climate change, F.
Harvey, J. Vidal, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/11/durban-climate-change-deal?intcmp=122>
* Article - Climate deal salvaged after marathon talks in Durban, J.
Vidal, F. Harvey, Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/10/un-climate-change-summit-durban>
* *Week 2*
* Post - What's behind the Durban blame game? The near-universal
pursuit of economic growth, Richard Heinberg, Energy Bulletin
<http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2011-12-09/behind-durban-blame-game>
* Article - The U.S. is the biggest present and past impediment to
climate negotiation progress and global survival, Jamie Henn,
350.org, YES! Magazine
<http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/crisis-time-in-durban>
* Post - America's position on climate 'a tragedy', Bill Blakemore,
ABC
<http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/technology/2011/12/americas-position-on-climate-a-tragedy-losing-u-s-prestige-to-china/>
* Post - U.S. and Canada (last 5 yrs) share 'Colossal Fossil' award,
CAN International <http://www.climatenetwork.org/fossil-of-the-day>
* Post - Top 8 climate disasters during the Durban climate talks, Brad
Johnson, TP
<http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/12/09/385819/top-eight-climate-disasters-during-the-durban-climate-talks/>
* Post/video - Durban Climate Hero Abigail Borah: "I Am Speaking On
Behalf Of The USA Because My Negotiators Cannot", Brad Johnson,
Think Progress, Video courtesy Democracy NOW!
<http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/12/08/385820/durban-climate-hero-abigail-borah-i-am-speaking-on-behalf-of-the-united-states-of-america-because-my-negotiators-cannot/>
* Post - Amazing Grace, Mardi Tindal
<http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/moderator-mardi-tindal/amazing-grace>
* Op-ed - Standing up for the planet, The 6 Canadian Youth Delegation
members who protested Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent's
speech (and Canada's betrayal of life) at the COP17 Durban UN
Climate Summit 2011 explain why, Matthew Chisholm, Sonia Grant,
Brigette DePape, Meghan McCarthy, James Hutt and Karen Rooney,
Toronto Star
<http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1099726--standing-up-for-the-planet>
* Release - Canadian youth who stood for people over polluters ejected
from COP17, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/press-release-youth-turn-their-backs-on-canadian-government-during-opening-speech/>
* Post - Durban: The great escape (by rich nations), Pablo Solon,
Climate & Capitalism
<http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=6163&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateandcapitalism%2FpEtD+%28Climate+and+Capitalism%29>
* Post - A dirty deal coming down in Durban (UN estimates that at +2C,
90% of Africa's current agricultural output would cease), Patrick
Bond, Climate & Capitalism
<http://climateandcapitalism.com/?p=6149&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateandcapitalism%2FpEtD+%28Climate+and+Capitalism%29>
* Post - The most important news story of the day / millennium, Bill
McKibben, Daily KOS, HP
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-mckibben/carbon-emissions-report_b_1129812.html>
* *Week 1*
* Article - 10,000 march for climate justice in Durban, Tim McSorley,
Montreal Media Co-op
<http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/never-trust-cop/9298>
* Article - Obama is days away from killing talks on a climate deal?
Joss Garmen, Greenpeace UK
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joss-garman/obama-climate-change_b_1127748.html?ref=green>
* Article - Former UN climate chief blames world leaders for failing
to guide talks, A. Max, AP
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/04/yvo-de-boer-ex-un-climate-talks_n_1127923.html>
* Post - Capitalism the cause of the climate change? Chris Bisson,
Canadian Youth Delegation
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/04/capitalism-is-the-cause-of-climate-change/>
* Article - U.S. inaction on climate is "criminal", activists say,
Kanya D'Almeida, IPS <http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106086>
* Article - Climate fund talks in disarray as US refuses to sign deal,
K. Rawlinson, Independent
<http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/climate-fund-talks-in-disarray-as-us-refuses-to-sign-deal-6271553.html>
* Article - Riot police block most affected by climate change from
entering climate conference, Alexander Joe, Marlowe Hood, AFP
<https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/12/02-6#.TtrFyPc81nM.>
* Post - Stepping outside the COP box, Toby Davine, Canadian Youth
Delegation to COP17
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/stepping-outside-the-cop-box/>
* Article - UN climate talks see 'delayer countries' throwaway 2C
goal, M. Jacobs, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/dec/01/cop17-delayer-countries-2c-goal>
* Article - Climate deal pushed by poorest nations, Richard Black, BBC
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15992519>
* Article - Why Durban is the Kyoto Protocol's last chance, Amy
Goodman, Huffington Post
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/nov/30/why-durban-is-kyoto-protocol-last-chance>
* Declaration - Declaration of the Indigenous peoples of the world at
COP17, IEN
<http://www.ienearth.org/docs/declaration-of-the-indigenous-peoples-of-the-world-at-cop-17.html>
* Article - Climate conference opens in Durban, focus on emissions
cuts, Arthur Max, AP
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/28/climate-conference-durban_n_1116043.html>
* Report - Extreme weather endangers food security worldwide, OXFAM
<http://www.oxfam.org/en/grow/pressroom/pressrelease/2011-11-28/extreme-weather-endangers-food-security-worldwide>
* Article - UN climate conference 2011 to deal with carbon emissions
(in theory), Arthur Max, AP
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/27/un-climate-conference-2011_n_1115500.html>
* Report: Corporations, climate and the United Nations: How big big
business has seized control of global climate negotiations, Polaris
Institute
<http://www.polarisinstitute.org/new_report_corporations_climate_and_the_united_nations_how_big_business_has_seized_control_of_global_climate_negotiations>
* Article - IPCC head: Science not politics must drive Durban climate
talks, FJ Daniel, Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/23/us-climate-pachauri-idUSTRE7AM0RJ20111123>
* Article - Vulnerable countries consider 'occupying' Durban climate
talks, J. Vidal, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/24/climate-change-occupy-durban-talks>
* Article - Rich nations give up on new climate treaty until 2020,
Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/20/rich-nations-give-up-climate-treaty>
* Article - 2 degrees of disaster, Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker
<http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2011/11/two-degrees-of-disaster.html>
* Q & A - The big issues at the Durban climate summit, B. Lewis, N.
Chestney, Reuters
<http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFL6E7M73OE20111109?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true>
* Article - Climate deal unlikely soon, as emissions grow, H. Foy, M.
Williams, Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/14/us-britain-climate-kyoto-idUSTRE7AD0S820111114?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29>
* Article/report - IEA: Headed for irreversible climate change in 5
yrs, F. Harvey, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/fossil-fuel-infrastructure-climate-change>
*Canada - Selected articles, blog posts, releases, reports*
* *Post mortem*
* Article - Ottawa drops the ball and Toronto lets it get away,
Christopher Hume, Toronto Star
<http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1103959--hume-ottawa-drops-the-ball-and-toronto-lets-it-get-away>
* Article - Canada's message: The world and its climate be damned, J.
Simpson, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/canadas-message-the-world-and-its-climate-be-damned/article2274503/>
* Article - Kyoto: The Conservative government's shameful action, John
Bennett, Rabble.ca
<http://rabble.ca/news/2011/12/kyoto-conservative-government%E2%80%99s-shameful-action>
* Post - Why aren't more of us losing it like Trudeau? Matt Price,
Huffington Post Canada
<http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/matt-price/justin-trudeau-peter-kent_b_1150028.html>
* Post - Canada's Kyoto math doesn't add up, Matt Horne, Pembina
Institute <http://www.pembina.org/blog/599>
* Post - Toronto's public library collects more fines than Canada's
Environmental Protection Agency, Michael Graham Richard, Treehugger
<http://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/canada-not-enforcing-its-environmental-laws-ecojustice.html>
* Article - Canada faces 'pattern of non-enforcement' of environmental
law, Heather Scoffield, CP
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-faces-pattern-of-non-enforcement-on-environmental-law/article2267844/>
* Article - No 'credible information' to support claims oil sands are
green, says Environment Canada, Mike de Souza, Postmedia
<http://www.canada.com/business/credible+information+support+green+claims+from+oilsands+says+Environment+Canada/5837380/story.html>
* Post - Withdrawal from Kyoto: There must be a political price to be
paid, Elizabeth May
<http://greenparty.ca/blogs/7/2011-12-13/kyoto-withdrawal-there-must-be-political-price-be-paid>
* Article - May accuses Harper of breaking law over Kyoto, M.
Fitzpatrick, CBC
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/12/13/pol-may-kyoto.html>
* Release - Withdrawal from Kyoto appalling, Green Party of Canada
<http://greenparty.ca/media-release/2011-12-13/withdrawal-kyoto-appalling>
* Article - Canada's Kyoto withdrawal called 'act of sabotage',
Reuters
<http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1101002--canada-s-kyoto-withdrawal-called-an-act-of-sabotage?>
* Post - Kent is lying, Andrea Harden-Donahue, Council of Canadians
<http://canadians.org/blog/?p=12747>
* Article - Canada formally abandons Kyoto, B. Curry, S. McCarthy,
Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-pulls-plug-on-kyoto-climate-change-accord/article2268432/>
* Opinion - Climate summit was a pathetic exercise in deceit, T.
Homer-Dixon, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/climate-summit-was-a-pathetic-exercise-in-deceit/article2267900/>
* Post - Last thoughts on Durban package, Elizabeth May, Green Party
of Canada
<http://greenparty.ca/blogs/7/2011-12-11/last-thoughts-durban-package>
* Statement - Durban climate summit saves face at expense of future
generations, CYD COP17
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/durban-climate-summit-saves-face-at-the-expense-of-future-generations/>
* Release - Durban climate summit saves face at expense of future
generations, CYD COP17
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/curban-climate-summit-saves-face-at-the-expense-of-future-generations.pdf>
* Article - Climate deal marks 'lowest common denominator', G. York,
Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/climate-deal-marks-lowest-common-denominator/article2267563/>
* *Week 2*
* Post - U.S. and Canada (last 5 yrs) share 'Colossal Fossil' award,
CAN Int'l <http://www.climatenetwork.org/fossil-of-the-day>
* Article - Canada, the grave-digger of Kyoto, Martin Lukacs, The
Media Co-op
<http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/canada-grave-digger-kyoto/9347>
* Op-ed - Standing up for the planet, The 6 Canadian Youth Delegation
members who protested Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent's
speech (and Canada's betrayal of life) at the COP17 Durban UN
Climate Summit 2011 explain why, Matthew Chisholm, Sonia Grant,
Brigette DePape, Meghan McCarthy, James Hutt and Karen Rooney,
Toronto Star
<http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1099726--standing-up-for-the-planet>
* Post - Fossil fuel subsidies: What are they, how much are they
worth? Danielle S'stelie, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/fossil-fuel-subsidies-what-are-they-and-how-much-are-they-worth/>
* Letter - Letter of support for Canadian youth: Suzuki, McKibben,
Naidoo, Barlow, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/a-letter-of-support-for-taking-a-bold-stand/>
* Article - Canada wins few friends on climate, Richard Black, BBC
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16075719>
* Post - Amazing Grace, Mardi Tindal
<http://www.wondercafe.ca/blogs/moderator-mardi-tindal/amazing-grace>
* Release - Canadian youth who stood for people over polluters ejected
from COP17, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/press-release-youth-turn-their-backs-on-canadian-government-during-opening-speech/>
* Article - Low Durban profile relegates Canada to margins of
negotiations, G. York, Globe & Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/low-profile-in-durban-relegates-canada-to-margins-of-climate-debate/article2262549/>
* *Week 1*
* Post - Come clean or go home, Amara Possian, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/come-clean-or-go-home/>
* Post - Corporate influence root of inaction at COP17, Brigette
DePape, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/event-on-corporate-influence/>
* Post - Who's financing climate change? Banks and the coal industry,
Sonia Grant, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/whos-financing-climate-change-banks-and-the-coal-industry/>
* Post - Searching for Canada's climate change action plan, Malkolm
Boothroyd, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/searching-for-canadas-climate-change-action-plan/>
* Post - In Durban, growing criticism of Canada's position on Kyoto
and push for tar sands, Stephen Lacey, Climate Progress
<http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/11/30/378626/durban-canada-kyoto-tar-sands/>
* Post - On climate, Canada is a rogue state, Marc Lee, Progressive
Economics Forum
<http://www.progressive-economics.ca/2011/11/29/on-climate-canada-is-a-rogue-state/>
* Post - Government of Canada's latest climate policy stance: RACISM,
Robin Tress, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/government-of-canadas-latest-climate-policy-stance-racism/>
* Post - A conference of polluters: The Canadian government's
collusion with corporate lobbies comes under fire at climate
negotiations, Amara Possian, Co-ordinator, CYD
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/a-conference-of-polluters-2/>
* Article - Climate summit sees Canadian strike on Kyoto treaty,
Richard Black, BBC
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15930562>
* Article - Green Party chief fears Tories will act as 'saboteurs' at
climate talks, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/green-party-chief-fears-tories-will-act-as-saboteurs-at-climate-talks/article2254776/>
* Post - Fact check on Kyoto distortions, Elizabeth May, Green Party
of Canada
<http://greenparty.ca/blogs/7/2011-11-28/fact-check-kyoto-distortions>
* Article - UK secretly helping Canada push its oil sands project, D.
Carrington, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/27/canada-oil-sands-uk-backing>
* Video/pics - Greenpeace brands Harper government a "Climate FAIL",
Greenpeace Canada
<http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/Greenpeace-brands-the-Harper-governmGreenpeace-brands-the-Harper-government-a-climate-fail-on-Parliament-Hillent-a-climate-fail-on-Parliament-Hill/>
* *Lead up to conference*
* Article - Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month, CTV
<http://calgary.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111127/durban-south-africa-slimate-conference-setup-111127/20111127/?hub=CalgaryHome>
* Demands - 5 ways the Canadian government can stop defending the
dirtiest oil in the world, and start defending people and the
planet, Canadian Youth Delegation to COP17
<http://canadianyouthdelegation.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/five-ways-the-canadian-government-can-stop-defending-the-dirtiest-oil-in-the-world-and-start-defending-people-and-the-planet/>
* Report - Canadian gov't conspires with big polluters to prevent
climate solutions, Greenpeace
<http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/recent/Canadian-government-conspires-with-big-polluters-to-prevent-climate-solutions/>
* Article - Corporations spending billions to excert 'undue influence'
to prevent global climate action, Greenpeace report, Mike De Souza,
Vancouver Sun
<http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Corporations+spending+billions+prevent+global+climate+action+report/5752329/story.html>
* Article - Alberta looks to record year for gas, oil leases, Carrie
Tait, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-looks-to-record-year-for-gas-oil-leases/article2244080/>
* Article - Canada's obstructive approach to the negotiation of new
emission-reduction targets has many international observers baffled,
Amara Possian, Co-ordinator, CYD, The Mark
<http://www.themarknews.com/articles/7499-canada-and-the-quest-to-kill-kyoto>
* Article - Amid dire warming warnings, Canada is MIA, Jeffrey
Simpson, Globe and Mail
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/jeffrey-simpson/amid-dire-warming-warnings-canada-is-mia/article2241898/>
* Article - Weather harder to predict, Environment Canada warns, CBC
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/11/16/weather-winter-cold-phillips.html>
* Article - Tories bar opposition MPs from official delegatiion at
climate talks, CP
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-bar-opposition-mps-from-official-delegation-at-climate-talks/article2238545/>
* Article - Global warming in Canada NOW, permafrost melts, Elizabeth
Payne, Ottawa Citizen
<http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Global+warming+comes+home/5684785/story.html>
* Article - Canada cuts environment spending, Stephen Leahy, IPS, The
Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/nov/09/canada-cuts-environment-spending>
* Article - Canada's climate stance to spark controversy, CBC
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/08/environment-peter-kent-climate-change.html>
* Article - Canada's climate change goals falling short, Meagan
Fitzpatrick, CBC
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/10/04/pol-enviro-commissioner-report.html>
* Report - 8 reasons why climate change could cost Canada billions by
2020, CBC <http://www.cbc.ca/news/interactives/climatechange-report/>
* *Bonn talks and lead up - June, 2011*
* Article - Postponing emissions cuts carries steep price-tag, Stephen
Leahy, IPS <http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56148>
* Article - Bonn climate talks end with no agreement on key areas,
John Vidal, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/17/climate-talks-end-no-agreement>
* Article - UN climate talks make scant progress to save Kyoto,
Alister Doyle, Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/17/us-climate-idUSTRE75G2TC20110617>
* Article - Analysis: Hopes fading for climate agreement, Alister
Doyle, Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/19/us-climate-idUSTRE75G2TC20110619?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29>
* Article - African agriculture and food supply at risk, Julio Godoy,
IPS <http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56138>
* Article - UN climate chief calls on world leaders to step in, Arthur
Max, AP
<http://finance.yahoo.com/news/UN-climate-chief-calls-on-apf-2866414012.html?x=0&.v=4>
* Article - Developing countries pledge more emissions cuts than
industrial north, S. Leahy, IPS
<http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56130>
* Article - Grim tidings from Bonn, David Ritter, The Drum
<http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2755874.html>
* Article - Canada spurns Kyoto in favour of tar sands, Stephen Leahy,
IPS <http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=56048>
* Article - U.S. inaction on climate change a 'very serious hand
brake' on world efforts, Charles J. Hanley, The Guardian
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/christiana-figueres-us-climate-change_n_861583.html?ref=fb&src=sp>
* Article - Canada's diplomatic spanking at hides deeper problems, K.
Stewart, Greenpeace.ca
<http://www.greenpeace.org/canada/en/Blog/canadas-diplomatic-spanking-at-un-hides-deepe/blog/35214>
* Article - Harper government receives diplomatic spanking over
climate policies, Mike de Souza, PostMedia News
<http://www.canada.com/news/Harper+government+receives+diplomatic+spanking+over+climate+policies/4921908/story.html#ixzz1OpW1hSxY>
* Article - Canada confirms it will reject new Kyoto Protocol, Gerard
Wynn, Reuters
<http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/08/us-climate-canada-idUSTRE75755O20110608>
* Article - Canada's UN climate inventory report clashes with
Environment Canada report by a difference of 10 times, Mike de
Souza, PostMedia news
<http://www.canada.com/business/Canada+climate+inventory+data+clashes+with+Environment+Canada+report/4914574/story.html>
* Article - Climate talks will miss Kyoto deadline, Gerard Wynn,
Reuters
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/06/un-climate-talks-kyoto-deadline_n_871707.html>
* Article - Global warming crisis may mean world has to suck
greenhouse gases from air, Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/05/global-warming-suck-greenhouse-gases>
* Article - UN Chief challenges world to agree tougher target for
climate change +1.5C, not +2C, Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jun/01/climate-change-target-christiana-figueres>
*Links to ecoSanity's most essential EMERGENCY info*
* ecoSanity - 2009 Climate Change Human Impact report: Hundreds of
millions suffering; 4 billion vulerable NOW
<http://ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns/race2survival/alreadytoofar>
* ecoSanity - Models guiding climate policy 'dangerously optimistic'
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/models-guiding-climate-policy-dangerously-optimistic>
* ecoSanity - 2007 IPCC reports: Dangerous, outdated underestimates of
the present state and accelerating pace of global climate disruption
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/founders-imperative-part-2-5-our-diagnosis>
* ecoSanity - The supposed +2C danger threshold is bull**** (it's
dangerous now at only +0.8C, and we're already committed to +2.4C)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/race-2-survival-what-does-2-stand-%3F>
* ecoSanity - Hansen: Re-thinking a "safe climate": Have we already
gone too far? David Spratt
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/essential-article-re-thinking-safe-climate-have-we-already-gone-too-far%3F-david-spratt>
* ecoSanity - 2100: An unlivable world?
<http://ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns/race2survival/2100>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: +4C by 2060s or sooner (catastrophic)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-4c-2060s-or-sooner-catastrophic>
* ecoSanity - Dire projections of +4°C--6°C temp rise by 2100 (deadly
to most life) conservative, could be +10°C--12°C!
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/dire-projections-4%C2%B0c%E2%80%936%C2%B0c-temp-rise-2100-deadly-most-life-conservative-could-be-10%C2%B0c%E2%80%9312%C2%B0c>
* ecoSanity - Met Office: +4C by 2060 "highly plausible",
"catastrophic"
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/met-office-4c-2060-highly-plausible-catastrophic>
* ecoSanity - Race to survival or sprint to extinction? A summary of
the March 2009 'Emergency' Climate Conference in Copenhagen (before
the December 2009 debacle) that concludes the world is already
committed to a near future +2.4C average temp increase)
<http://ecosanity.org/blogsanity/race-survival-or-sprint-extinction%3F-summary-march-2009-emergency-climate-conference-copen>
* ecoSanity - Global carbon budget to avoid irriversible climate
tipping points to be exceeded by 2021 or sooner!, David Spratt,
George Monbiot
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/conservative-energy-agency-iea-warning-lock-irreversible-climate-change-only-5-years-away>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: Methane time bomb EMERGENCY (death spiral
meltdown of arctic ice)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-methane-time-bomb-emergency-death-spiral-meltdown-arctic-ice>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: Ocean acidification
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/ocean-acidification-compilation-alanna-mitchells-sea-sick-nrdcs-acid-test-sigourney-weave>
* ecoSanity - GLOBAL EMERGENCY NOW: Mass base life die-off threatens
the survival of most life on Earth -- Seriously!
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/global-emergency-now-mass-base-life-die-threatens-survival-most-life-earth-seriously>
* ecoSanity - Shocking Report Exposes Ocean EMERGENCY: Must Achieve
Zero CO2 Emissions Within 20 Yrs, Remove Gasses From Air, Experts
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/shocking-report-exposes-ocean-emergency-must-achieve-zero-co2-emissions-within-20-yrs>
* ecoSanity - Plan B 4.0: Months, not years to save civilization from
climate change, L. Brown
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/lester-brown-plan-b-40-we-only-have-months-not-years-save-civilization-climate-change>
* ecoSanity - Food / agriculture and climate emergency
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-foodagriculture-climate-emergency>
* ecoSanity - Race 2 Survival (R2S) Campaign
<http://ecosanity.org/act/actioncampaigns>
* ecoSanity - Conservative energy agency (IEA) warning that 'lock in'
to irreversible climate change is only 5 years away far too
optimistic; reality even more dire
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/conservative-energy-agency-iea-warning-lock-irreversible-climate-change-only-5-years-away>
* ecoSanity - EMERGENCY: Instead of peak/reverse necessary to prevent
runaway climate disruption, record 2010 emissions higher than 2007
IPCC's worst-case scenario(!)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/emergency-instead-peakreverse-necessary-prevent-runaway-climate-disruption-record-2010>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: FEAR is a good thing and HOPE is not an
action verb
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-fear-good-thing-and-hope-not-action-verb>
*General + Previous Summits*
* *General*
* Website - 2011 UNFCCC Conference of the Parties (COP) 17, Durban,
South Africa <http://www.cop17-cmp7durban.com/>
* Website - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC) <http://unfccc.int/2860.php>
* Wikipedia - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(UNFCCC)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP_2_%28climate_conference%29#1996_.E2.80.93_COP_2.2C_Geneva.2C_Switzerland>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: COP17 Durban UN Climate Summit 2011:
Betrayal of Life
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-occupy-together>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: Canada's betrayal of life
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-canadas-betrayal-life>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: COP16 UN Cancun Climate Summit 2010 (Soon)
* ecoSanity - 3 months later: Collected reflections on COP15
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/3-months-later-collected-reflections-cop15>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: Copenhagen UN Climate Summit 2009: First
take compilation / post mortem
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/cop15-un-copenhagen-climate-summit-2009-first-take-compilationpost-mortem>
* ecoSanity - Category: UN Climate Summits
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/un-climate-summits>
* ecoSanity - Category: Tar Sands
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/tar-sands>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: Tar Sands Kill
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-tar-sands-kill-facts-resources>
* ecoSanity - Category: Keystone XL Pipeline
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/keystone-xl-pipeline>
* ecoSanity - Compilation: Alberta to Texas Keystone XL Pipeline,
Climate & Environmental Crimeline
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/compilation-alberta-texas-keystone-xl-pipeline-climate-environmental-crimeline>
* ecoSanity - Category: Election 2011 (Canada)
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/election-2011-canada>
* ecoSanity - Canadian Election 2011: 7 charges against the Stephen
Harper-led conservative regime
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/canadian-election-2011-7-charges-against-stephen-harper-led-conservative-regime>
* ecoSanity - Category: Stephen Harper
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/stephen-harper>
* ecoSanity - Category: Peter Kent
<http://www.ecosanity.org/category/peter-kent>
* *Previous Summits*
* History - of climate negotiations, David Suzuki Foundation
<http://www.davidsuzuki.org/issues/climate-change/science/international-climate-negotiations/history-of-climate-negotiations/>
* 2011 - COP 17, Durban, South Africa <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop17>
* 2010 - COP 16, Cancun, Mexico <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP16>
* 2010 - World People's Conference on Climate Change & the Rights of
Mother Earth, Cochabamba, Bolivia
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_People%27s_Conference_on_Climate_Change>
* 2009 - COP 15, Copenhagen, Denmark <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP15>
* 2008 - COP 14, Poznan', Poland
<http://unfccc.int/meetings/poznan_dec_2008/meeting/6314.php>
* 2007 - COP 13, Bali, Indonesia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP13>
* 2006 - COP 12, Nairobi, Kenya
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2005 - COP 11, Montreal, Canada
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2004 - COP 10, Buenos Aires, Argentina
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2003 - COP 9, Milan, Italy
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2002 - COP 8, New Delhi, India
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2001 - COP 7, Marrakech, Morocco
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2001 - COP 6, (Continued) Bonn, Germany
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 2000 - COP 6, The Hague, Netherlands
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 1999 - COP 5, Bonn, Germany
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 1998 - COP 4, Buenos Aires, Argentina
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 1997 - COP 3, Kyoto, Japan, Kyoto Protocol
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COP3>
* 1996 - COP 2, Geneva, Switzerland
* 1995 - COP 1, The Berlin Mandate
* 1994 -
* 1993 -
* 1992 - UNFCCC, Earth Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climate_Change>
* 1991 -
* 1990 - International climate discussions began
* 1989 -
* 1988 - NASA's James Hansen warns US Congress of global warming
threat
<http://www.ecosanity.org/blogsanity/2o-years-later-nasa%E2%80%99s-hansen-returns-warns-congress-2c-%3D-global-disaster-not-salvation>
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