After his speech, I had a chance to sit down with Dr Pachauri and ask him about this in greater detail:

Focusing on Emissions Reductions Alone Will Get Negative Reaction

The language that is being used is totally wrong. Essentially in the developing countries—of course there are differences between developing countries—the big challenge is how to get rid of poverty. The big challenge is, ‘how do you promote development?’I think the language that should be used is: ‘How do we make your development more environmentally friendly; and in doing that, if there are financial or technological resources that are required, can we make those available to you?’

Because if the developed countries are going to be pushing the developing world to reduce emissions, that I am afraid is going to get a negative reaction.

So what we should really be focusing on is that the pattern of development in the poor countries becomes more environmentally friendly.

Define Dangerous Climate Change From Point of the Worst Affected
Dr Pachauri was asked by another of the journalists present about how he would define what a dangerous level of temperature increase would be:

What is dangerous should really be defined by some of the most vulnerable regions in the world. You’re not going to come up with an average value of what is dangerous. What is dangerous is what is going to happen to the Maldive islands. What is dangerous is what is going to happen with water supply in parts of sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions of the world where people will not have enough water for even their biological needs. To me, that represents danger.And that’s what the world should be focusing on: Who are the worst affected victims of climate change. We should really be defining dangerous from their point of view, rather than try to look for some average value. But, unfortunately, not enough attention has been paid to this issue.

I put it to Dr Pachauri that what he was talking about was really the ethical element of climate change and agreed that we haven’t paid enough attention to this. He interrupted,

Why has the world been so concerned with human rights violation in Darfur, or some other place, when the same criteria don’t apply to something like climate change? I mean, we are really causing human misery, and will be causing human misery of unimaginable proportions if we don’t do something about the problems. And why is the world not focusing on it? That’s what worries me.

Climate Change and Economic Revival Can Be Tied Together
Dr Pachauri also highlighted that the problem of climate change is also a chance to change our societies for the better,

You have a remarkable opportunity to restructure the economy and moving towards a much greener future. Yesterday’s Wall Street Journal…said that the auditors of General Motors have come up with a report that perhaps General Motors cannot be saved. Then why are we wasting billions of dollars giving taxpayers’ money to these companies?This is an opportunity when we can bring about change. If we don’t bring about change then you spend more and more money of the public supporting the same industries which have caused a problem in the past. Even if you were to look at revival of the economy, there is a real opportunity to bring about a shift where we move towards greener jobs, greener economic output; and that’s what the world should be focusing on.

I must say…President Obama has realized that, because he is focusing on it: His revival package, which will bring about improved efficiency of homes, of government buildings, of greater investment in solar and wind, and essentially seeing that the economy becomes less dependent on fossil fuels, or at least imported fossil fuels.

I think the two objectives [reviving the economy and combatting climate change] can be tied into together. They don’t have to divert from one another.

Source: http://www.treehugger.com/

Me and you might know that the money that the “so called Developed countries” are going to pay the “so called developing countries” is a dept and it is a must for them to pay, but do we all have the same understanding of what a dept really mean? So at first I think this confusion should set clear as one of my colleague explain in one of his post on what a dept really means, I strong feel that some extra effort should put into focus in explaining the two different term of Dept and Aid so that people do not confuse of what is going to paid to Africa as to be another help from the Developed countries, while what is being paid is really what these So called Developed countries owe Africa and other developing countries.

I know there are so many questions that are still arise before the COP 15 in December but I think we should go with one by one and tackle them, because I strongly feel that if we tackle them all at the same time we might not even finding any solution to these problems. 

You are welcome once again………..!

How to participate

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The slide was:
Why online campaigning?
-Ease -Speed -Reach -Inerconnection

I found a link on the way non profit organisation or groups like ours could use web using technology to reach our goals and for us our campaign. Click here

I really dont know what you guys out there thinks about what happening but well in my own thought I think we have to do a lot and in collaboration so as just may be reach for these poor suffering countries which are emitting nothing but still facing the consequences of the Climate change. Let us join power for an equal just in December.
Just as to share the list of the countries rank per emission of CO2 click here

• Kilimanjaro glaciers and snow cover have been retreating (55% of glacier loss between 1962 and 2000 . Debate over past and current climate change and ice cap coverage, however, persists. Over the 20th century, the spatial extent of Kilimanjaro’s ice fields has decreased by 80% . It is suggested by some, that if current climatological conditions persist, the remaining ice fields are likely to disappear between 2015 and 2020 (for the first time in 11 000 years).
• Loss of ‘cloud forests’ since 1976 resulting in 25% annual reductions of water sources derived from fog, affecting annual drinking water of 1 million people living in Kilimanjaro.
• Along with warming surface waters, deep water temperatures (which reflect long-term trends) of the large East African lakes (Victoria, Malawi) have warmed by 0.2 to 0.7°C since the early 1900s.
• Deep tropical lakes, are experiencing reduced algal abundance and declines in productivity because stronger stratification reduces upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water. Primary productivity in Lake Tanganyika may have decreased by up to 20% over the past 200 years, and for the East African Rift Valley lakes, recent declines in fish abundance have been linked with climatic impacts on lake ecosystems.
• The 1997-1998 coral bleaching observed in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea was coupled to a strong ENSO (an indication of the potential impact of climate-change induced ocean warming on coral reefs). In the western Indian Ocean region, a 30% loss of corals reduced tourism in Mombasa and Zanzibar and resulted in financial losses of about US$ 12-18 million.
• Mangroves and coral reefs, the main coastal ecosystems in Africa, will likely be affected by climate change. Endangered species associated with these ecosystems, including manatees and marine turtles, could also be at risk, along with migratory birds.

See the changes that are occuring because of the climate change as for the Year 2006

Well up to now I am realy learning and well thanking a lot for the ones that are posting their comments on my blog it is really inspiring me and at the sametime making me to think twice if not thrice on how to make this blog better, hopefully all of you will be there for the blog in the end.  And well thanking my mentor for the continuing support on helping me out on creating a better blog if not the best.

I dont know what you think, but what I think is that its amaizing seing people not caring about the World and still caring about their self their profit and their lives while million others are struggling because of their actions, and at the same time hoping that oneday they will do something to help changing their lives. Start by see what others are doing to help making some change by educating others like this page that educate kids about climate change and what they can do!

The time is now lets do something before the in the COP15 Copenhagen so these people will have a better future………..!

Will people have enough energy to meet their demands?  The world’s energy production has been increasing (see chart below).  Currently, a lot of the energy is coming from non-renewable sources – sources which there is only a limited supply.  Much more of the future energy will need to come from sources which can be replenished.

Will the climate of the world remain stable and conducive to humans?  The average world temperature and amounts of carbon dioxide have been increasing (see World Climate Chart below).  Are these the result of human industrial activity? What is in store?  One thing is certain – during the history of the world the climate has changed - sometimes dramatically.

What will the world be like in 10 years?  Indications are that the pace of human change is increasing. The world will likely be vastly different than it is now.  Will the change be for the good?  Who knows? But humans still can control this future and point the world in the direction of most benefit.