[Dissent-bristol-info] first thoughts on climate change

[MH]

Hi - good to see a start is made. Here's a few
comments:
- Need to define clearly & briefly what we mean by
climate change/global warming, don't assume Joe Bloggs
knows.
- Make a clearer link between the G8 & climate change
ie was Kyoto a G8 inspired initiative? If yes say so.
- make it clear Blair has said G8 2005 will focus on
climate change.
- don't use the word 'today' in leaflets as it's
already out of date.
- Russia didn't formally ratify Koyoto on 23/10, it
was only (I think) the 'lower parliament' or similar.
It ain't ratified til Putin signs it off.
- ending is a bit negative, implies there's no point
us in the UK doing anything to be greener. Not the
message we wanna give out surely!

cheers........mh

 --- autonomous at riseup.net wrote: 
> these are the first thoughts I've put together about
> climate
> change...maybe we need a short description about how
> the emissions are
> bringing about warming and what have you?  we can
> talk about it on tuesday
> 
> The G8 and Climate Change
> 
> 
> The Kyoto protocol came into being in 1997 and is an
> extension of the
> Montreal protocol of 198?.  The protocol states that
> those signed up
> will limit their emission levels to those of 1990.
> 
> Although the protocol has been ratified by over 150
> countries the main
> polluters are yet to agree to its terms.  Today
> (23rd Oct 2004) Russia
> ratified the protocol, but, this is allegedly in a
> deal with the EU
> member states to allow it to get membership to the
> World Trade
> Organisation (WTO)!
> 
> China and India are not part of the protocol because
> they were not
> considered industrialised in 1997.  However, both of
> these countries
> have seen high levels of economic growth in the last
> seven years to
> the extent that their demand for oil is such that
> between them they
> represent 40% of the world's oil growth[1].
> 
> In 2003 China's energy demand was equivalent to that
> of Japan, South
> Korea, India and Indonesia combined, or some 80% of
> the EU-15 states,
> and it increased by 14% in that year. In 2002 China
> overtook Japan to
> become the second largest consumer of oil [2]. 
> Remember that China
> are not even party to the Kyoto protocol.
> 
> Another of the world's worst polluters the USA have
> pulled out of
> Kyoto.  George Bush is on record as saying that he
> believes the
> science of global warming to be suspect.  Could we
> expect anything
> else from a son of one of America's oil families?
> Without the support
> of China, India and the USA there is no hope that
> emissions of
> Carbon Dioxide (CO2) gas will fall.
> 
> In a speech given in central London Tony Blair
> warned of catastrophic
> consequences for our world and way of life if the
> international
> community does not take action. No one nation can
> resolve the issue,
> he said.  Blair said "To acquire global leadership,
> on this issue
> Britain must demonstrate it first at home".
> 
> Unless China voluntarily cut their emissions and the
> USA can be
> persuaded to ratify Kyoto, both very unlikely, then
> whatever we do
> here in Britain will be lost in the heat....
> 
> [1]
>
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-10/07/content_380099.htm
> 
> [2]
>
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/cepmlp/journal/html/Vol14/article14_6.html
> 
> [3]
> http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page6335.asp
> 
> 
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