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| A SUMMIT FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET 07/12/2009 |
| (2009-12-07) |
| Last updated: 2009-12-08 13:45 EET |
For two weeks, leaders of 40 countries will be outlining a long-term strategy aimed at containing global warming. In the meetings that preceded the summit, Western Europe appeared to be reluctant to financing the less developed countries. These countries requested concessions with respect to their environment contributions, on grounds that they may deplete their economies, already affected by the global financial crisis. Fiery debates on the topic have been going on for two years, and political analysts believe the meeting in Copenhagen is unlikely to produce spectacular results.
The EU acts as an advocate and negotiator for poorer countries, and argues that the fight against global warming will cost the world around 100 billion US dollars until 2050. Countries like India and China are also trying to sidestep obligations to reduce greenhouse emissions, invoking the Kyoto Protocol, which has no provisions in this respect. But since this document is due to expire in 2012, the Copenhagen summit must come up with a new agreement. The chief goal of this document is to define a greenhouse gas emission threshold that does not jeopardize the global climate. In the US, one of the countries that has not ratified the Kyoto Protocol, legislation aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions is yet to be passed in the Senate.
The American president Barrack Obama announced he would be presenting the position of the USA on the last day of the summit. According to the most recent global trends, developed countries should invest in green technologies able to reduce gas emissions by 25-30 per cent by 2020. The World Meteorological Organisation announced that in 2008 the concentration of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere has reached new highs. According to an international survey carried out by the research and analysis company YouGov in nine countries, the people of northern countries are the only ones truly concerned with the consequences of climate change. In the rest of the world, people are mainly worried about terrorism, about a potential conflict between Muslims and Christians, and about poverty. Romania is represented in Copenhagen by officials from the ministries of public finance, economy, agriculture and transport, as well as the Department for European Affairs.
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