Lomborg har ret!!

Politikere....afgive massive løfter om CO2 -reduktioner i København til december. Det er bekymrende, fordi disse løfter højst sandsynligt aldrig vil blive holdt, og det vil betyde, at verden kommer til at spilde endnu et årti uden at foretage en fornuftig beslutning for at tackle klodens opvarmning. 95 % af de nedskæringer, man havde forestillet sig i Kyoto-protokollen, er aldrig blevet til noget. Især hvis de bliver bange, ville det være forholdsvis let for politikerne af i dag at gå ind for højtidelige løfter, som politikerne af i morgen vil opgive, lige så snart det fulde omfang af de økonomiske omkostninger går op for dem.

What chance, then, for the far more demanding post-Kyoto targets?
Faced with a less than enthusiastic electorate, suspicious of the motives of other countries and having learnt some hard lessons from the example of Kyoto, it is hardly surprising that politicians try to play a waiting game.

They go with the flow in setting targets for carbon dioxide emissions reductions, but do not take radical action to achieve this because they want neither to alienate voters nor harm the economy.

Både klimaeksperter, økonomer og andre fagfolk forsamlet til klimakongres i Bella Centret i København er i stigende grad bekymrede over risikoen for at få en svag global aftale på klimatopmødet i København. Nogle anbefaler helt at droppe en aftale i december, mens andre ønsker markante ændringer i den gældende Kyoto-model. Atter andre opfordrer forskerkolleger til nu at lægge markant stærkere pres på politikerne for at hindre klimaaftalen i at blive så svag, at den gør mere skade end gavn for klodens klima.

Kevin Anderson, forskningschef ved det britiske Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research..."køb af kreditter må ikke tillades som afladsbreve, der tillader os at fortsætte med vort nuværende energisystem. Det er umoralsk adfærd."

...vores gudgivne ret til at råde over største delen af verdens natur ressourcer??

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