G8 climate statement: if this is a step forward - we will never get there!
The G8 climate statement is out (see here). The leaders will spin this as a good step forward. Sadly, it is not. Here is our reaction: “The G8 have failed the world again. While the Arctic is melting, the G8 are postponing action. Instead of climate protection, the world got nothing but flowery words. If this is a step forward, we will never prevent climate chaos in time. The 2050 vision will be a nightmare, unless the world ends its fossil fuel addiction and starts an energy revolution based on renewable energies and energy efficiency – now! But an oil man from Texas has again prevented the decisive action the world needs. Instead of creating solutions, the G8 are continuing to fuel the problem. The World Bank Climate Investment Funds that the G8 has
announced do not exclude coal – the world’s most polluting energy source. The World Bank Funds are a step in the wrong direction. The only good news from this summit is that it is Bush’s last.”
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Can a global economic depression save the world from Climate Change?
This is a debate that we should seriously consider. How bad has Climate Change got…should we voluntarily shutdown our economies to fight Global Warming?
Are we at a point, given the outcome of the G8 meeting, that it would be more beneficial for mankind and nature if our economies where to collapse now, rather than march on causing climatic catastrophe.
I believe that this is a radical alternative measure which should not be ruled out in our efforts to tackle Global Warming. What do you think?
I know it sounds drastic, but there was a depression around the 30s and look were we are at now just 70yrs later. If Climate Change keeps escalating, wont that result in a worse, more permanent outcome? From the now desperate calls of our climate and economic experts it sounds like Hell & High water is just a round the bend.
I am calling for a debate on this to get some input from experts to see if it is a viable solution. Global warming will be catastrophic - a depression shouldn't. We need to look at all the paths forward to survival now!
Rouge share traders do a good one person job.... Bush is doing a darn good job so far! Probably not as difficult to archive as you may think!
Part II - How could this be achieved?
Posted by: paulm | July 12, 2008 11:02 AM
The future can be green, peaceful and prosperous. People like Bush want us to believe otherwise, but at Greenpeace, we've done the math.
The energy and technology already exists. We need a revolution to put it into practice...
http://www.energyblueprint.info/
Posted by: Andrew | July 15, 2008 11:51 AM