Too little too late.....but
October 25th 2007 00:23
Howard will be overjoyed at this article I just saw online.
Two British Scientists have come out and said Howard and Bush were right not to sign the Kyoto Protocol because it wasn't the right vehicle for the job.....the cynic in me is CONVINCED money changed hands on this one and you have to say the Ship has definitely sailed for the Australian public to buy into this point of view.
The new Kyoto is a completely different Kettle of fish, of course there was going to be flaws in the original Kyoto protocol, it would have been a miracle to find a perfect solution to such a huge problem straight off the bat. If it hasn't 100% achieved its goals it just means we need to try harder, not stop trying all together. I know I am preaching to the converted when i say every bit counts. And imagine how much worse things would be without it, now that's a horrific image in my mind.
anyhow, the article is an interesting read if you want some alternate opinions etc, variety is the spice of life i guess.....
Cheers
Louie
P.S. Given the fact there is a UN PRI roundtable conference in Melbourne as we speak, hosting all the Asian and some Global Members of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investors signatories, this article is very poorly timed. We are lucky they even consider Australia as a venue for such a conference.
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Two British Scientists have come out and said Howard and Bush were right not to sign the Kyoto Protocol because it wasn't the right vehicle for the job.....the cynic in me is CONVINCED money changed hands on this one and you have to say the Ship has definitely sailed for the Australian public to buy into this point of view.
The new Kyoto is a completely different Kettle of fish, of course there was going to be flaws in the original Kyoto protocol, it would have been a miracle to find a perfect solution to such a huge problem straight off the bat. If it hasn't 100% achieved its goals it just means we need to try harder, not stop trying all together. I know I am preaching to the converted when i say every bit counts. And imagine how much worse things would be without it, now that's a horrific image in my mind.
anyhow, the article is an interesting read if you want some alternate opinions etc, variety is the spice of life i guess.....
Cheers
Louie
P.S. Given the fact there is a UN PRI roundtable conference in Melbourne as we speak, hosting all the Asian and some Global Members of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investors signatories, this article is very poorly timed. We are lucky they even consider Australia as a venue for such a conference.
CLICK HERE OR READ BELOW
Australia right to reject Kyoto: British experts
Posted 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Updated 1 hour 49 minutes ago
Greenhouse pollution: UK experts say the Kyoto protocol has failed to deliver results
Greenhouse pollution: UK experts say the Kyoto protocol has failed to deliver results (Getty Images: Ian Waldie)
* Audio: Scientists back refusal to ratify Kyoto (AM)
Two researchers in the UK have backed Australia's decision not to ratify the Kyoto protocol, saying it has failed to deliver cuts to carbon emissions.
The protocol sets binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases, but a report published in the journal Nature argues it is the wrong tool for the job.
While more than 170 countries have signed the agreement, Australia and the United States have refused to do so.
Professor Gwyn Prins from the London School of Economic Science co-wrote the report and supports the position the two countries have taken.
"It's nice to have someone to kick and if the someone to kick looks like [US President George W Bush], or in the domestic case of Australia looks like [Prime Minister John Howard], then people who don't like them for other reasons have found Kyoto a useful [issue] with which to bash them over the head," he said.
"But here again the inconvenient truth is they did the right thing."
But Australian climate change researcher Dr Ben McNeill, from the Climate Change Centre at the University Of New South Wales, says Kyoto should not be thrown away, despite its inadequacies.
Dr McNeill says the clean development mechanism and targets are important keys to slowing global warming.
"Emissions targets dictate for example how effective a carbon emissions trading scheme is, in other words, a carbon trading price - and that's a very important part of our strategy in the next decade or so to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming," he said.
Australian Conservation Foundation spokesman Don Henry says the Kyoto protocol is an important first step in the fight against climate change.
"It is delivering modest reductions in emissions from developed countries who've ratified it and it's putting them on track to reduce emissions much further down the path," he said.
"I think if you look at countries like Australia and the US, conversely our emissions are continuing to spiral upwards."
Posted 1 hour 52 minutes ago
Updated 1 hour 49 minutes ago
Greenhouse pollution: UK experts say the Kyoto protocol has failed to deliver results
Greenhouse pollution: UK experts say the Kyoto protocol has failed to deliver results (Getty Images: Ian Waldie)
* Audio: Scientists back refusal to ratify Kyoto (AM)
Two researchers in the UK have backed Australia's decision not to ratify the Kyoto protocol, saying it has failed to deliver cuts to carbon emissions.
The protocol sets binding targets for the reduction of greenhouse gases, but a report published in the journal Nature argues it is the wrong tool for the job.
While more than 170 countries have signed the agreement, Australia and the United States have refused to do so.
Professor Gwyn Prins from the London School of Economic Science co-wrote the report and supports the position the two countries have taken.
"It's nice to have someone to kick and if the someone to kick looks like [US President George W Bush], or in the domestic case of Australia looks like [Prime Minister John Howard], then people who don't like them for other reasons have found Kyoto a useful [issue] with which to bash them over the head," he said.
"But here again the inconvenient truth is they did the right thing."
But Australian climate change researcher Dr Ben McNeill, from the Climate Change Centre at the University Of New South Wales, says Kyoto should not be thrown away, despite its inadequacies.
Dr McNeill says the clean development mechanism and targets are important keys to slowing global warming.
"Emissions targets dictate for example how effective a carbon emissions trading scheme is, in other words, a carbon trading price - and that's a very important part of our strategy in the next decade or so to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming," he said.
Australian Conservation Foundation spokesman Don Henry says the Kyoto protocol is an important first step in the fight against climate change.
"It is delivering modest reductions in emissions from developed countries who've ratified it and it's putting them on track to reduce emissions much further down the path," he said.
"I think if you look at countries like Australia and the US, conversely our emissions are continuing to spiral upwards."
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