Monday, 22 November 2010 17:45
Carbonfund.org Urges US to Step Aside for Productive Climate TalksWritten by Jordana Fyne
Carbonfund.org is calling for the US to stay home from the UN climate negotiations in Cancun, which would give participating countries the ability to extend the term of the Kyoto Protocol or agree on a new emissions reduction treaty. Eric Carlson, president of Carbonfund.org, said, "The US has been the 800-pound gorilla in the room at climate negotiations. As the largest global emitter per capita with enormous entourages at the meetings, all attention goes toward the US. Put simply, the problem is that there are not 67 votes in the US Senate to ratify any climate deal the President might negotiate. It's like Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown. The world needs to wise up and move the ball to a different field." Climate change is a global problem that requires an international effort to solve. Carbonfund.org is calling on countries to take action, at a minimum by extending the term of the Kyoto Protocol or by taking steps to build on the progress of the protocol and the voluntary carbon markets. "There are enough potential carbon buyers in the European Union, Japan, Australia and Canada and enough potential carbon sellers in China, India, Indonesia and Brazil to create a robust carbon reduction pact," said Carlson. Nearly a hundred other smaller countries could also sign onto a global pact. "We have the technical capability and market readiness to transform our global economy to one where clean energy costs less than dirty energy and efficient technology costs less than inefficient technology," added Carlson. "That is the goal."
Published in carbonfree blog