The dust has now settled on the massive disappointment that was the UN Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. We’ve had a break, got our breath back, and we’re looking at how to move forward with this campaign in what is now a vital year. (More on that next week).
Here’s a quick thing that you can do to kick off the campaigning year. The Copenhagen Summit “noted” the last minute agreement that was reached between the US, China et al but, like most of the important decisions, the detail was left out.
A deadline was set for filling in the blanks, like how much emissions should be cut by. We want the European Union (EU) to offer a carbon emissions cut of 30% on 1990 levels, and to move to 40% as quickly as possible.
Any casual observer can see that the whole climate change process needs reinvigorating after the hammering it took at Copenhagen. The EU needs to make this pledge to inject some momentum into the process and send a message that this year, they mean business.
So, let the EU know that you want some real carbon emissions cuts this year, so we get the fair, ambitious and binding deal we’re still waiting for.