{"id":1563,"date":"2007-12-18T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/voxnova\/2007\/12\/18\/bali-a-small-tentative-step\/"},"modified":"2007-12-18T16:56:17","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T16:56:17","slug":"bali-a-small-tentative-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/voxnova\/2007\/12\/18\/bali-a-small-tentative-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Bali– A Small Tentative Step"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Bali agreement<\/a> on global warming recognized the need for \u201cdeep cuts\u201d in emissions, but avoided any firm agreement on number and targets. Instead, participants agreed to a roadmap for more talks by 2009, encompassing representatives of 187 countries, where the numbers will be hammered out. Key on the agenda will be the burden sharing between developed and developing countries. Even this vague conclusion was only accepted grudgingly by the US delegation, with public qualms\u00a0emanating by the White House, and the great fear is that the Bush administration will try to derail future talks.<\/p>\n

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The core US objections center on references to the emissions\u00a0targets and what it feels is the need for the developing world to shoulder a greater amount of the burden. And while it is true that emissions in places like China are skyrocketing, the US still remains the greatest \u201csinner\u201d in this area, as the chart below (reproduced from the Financial Times<\/em>) shows.<\/a><\/font><\/u><\/p>\n

In the background, the key findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<\/em> in 2007, representing the world\u2019s collective wisdom on the subject, dominated the discussions, and instilled\u00a0a sense of urgency and frustration. The panel, drawing on the work of 3,500 scientists,\u00a0declared that evidence of climate change was \u201cunequivocal\u201d, that\u00a0the burning of\u00a0fossil fuels was to blame, and that a baseline 2 degree warming would have catastrophic implications (droughts, floods, storms, sea level rises ), especially for the poorest and most vulnerable countries. The UK-mandated Stern Report<\/a>\u00a0shows that, by\u00a0not acting, the costs of global warming will amount to 5 percent of global GDP each year, which\u00a0could rise as high as 20\u00a0percent.\u00a0Acting to curb emissions will\u00a0instead cost 1 percent of GDP. \u00a0And yet so many Americans seem blithely indifferent to this predicament, refusing to pay at any cost, putting their faith instead in quacks and charlatans, clutching at straws in defense of the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed.<\/p>\n

The EU has been leading efforts to get countries to agree to target reductions. It had already set its own target of reducing emissions by 20 percent by 2020. At the conference, it persuaded Canada, Japan, and Russia to set their own emissions targets. They too feel that the developing world should do more as part of\u00a0a global deal, but (unlike the US), they will not use this as a convenient excuse for doing nothing. Note that the developing countries are not opposed to targets, but feel that they need an element of financial aid. This is eminently just, given the role of the developed world in creating the crisis that now exists. And besides, when did did a lack of virtue in your neighbor justify a lack of virtue at home?<\/p>\n

Bali opened the door. What happens in the future depends critically on the role of the US. It needs to look outside its own borders and narrow interests and take a more global perspective. It needs to recognize that morality centers on the recognition of our common humanity. Will it do the right thing? Let\u2019s pray.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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