Hot issue with
cold effort
Vineet Katiyaar
MBA-IT IInd sem
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad
Climate Change
and Its effect on the Earth and the civilization is one of the major concerns
of the entire nation around the globe. To take some decisive measures is on the
upcoming problem is needed. United Nation Climate Change Conference was the
step towards this journey that will decide future of human survival. The
Conference was held at Bella Center in Copenhagen,
Denmark, between 7 to 18 December.
The conference
was step forward after Climate Change: Global Risk, Challenges and Decisions
scientific conference, which was held in March 2009 at Bella Center. Connie Hedegaard was
president of the conference followed by Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen for the final negotiations between council
and member nation for agreements.
Major issue
which was focus of Conference, the accord which will commit nations for reduction
of carbon emission and providing help and support to poor nations in developing
clean energy and combating with climate change effects. Rich countries will
finance $ 10 billion per year for three-year scheme to fund projects. The
target was to increase amount to $100 billion a year by 2020 for developments
and projects. The developed and developing nations showed their concern but
failure in creating legal binding disappointed the scientists as well as
activists who were looking forward to some regulation on carbon emission.
Principle accord recognised that countries should work together to keep the
global temperature from rising more than 2 degree Celsius the level pertaining before the industrial
revolution. Industrial development is major cause of increase in level of
carbon emission. Rapid development of countries like China, India and other
south Asian countries added stiff increase in emission; at the same time,
developed countries like America do not want to cut down its emission up to
expected levels of scientific communities.
So with
half-hearted efforts, half than expected results, developed and developing
countries are busy in their race of power and developments, still we can hope
than concern without legal binding in form of agreements, would give positive
results. However, without a big Technological breakthrough in energy creation
and effective energy usage legal binding and other norms will not give fruitful
results, which will decide destiny of human survival.
Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/copenhagen-climate-change-conference-2009/