Climate Change Treaty Copenhagen

The Notion of Fact v. The Idea of Fiction: The Climate Change Treaty in Copenhagen: The Wrong “Green” is being focused on, Leaders Need to Consider National Debts

By Jimmy M.

The issue of global warming continues to march on. The latest discussion will happen in approximately 5 weeks in Copenhagen. The issue at the forefront is of course the consideration of how humanity can help reduce pollution and harm to the environment by launching a new treaty. Essentially this treaty is also being labeled the “Kyoto Protocol II”, so the necessary obligations to update are direr because the first Kyoto is set to expire pretty soon. It is important to note that the United States did sign the first Kyoto but President Clinton did not ratify it into Congress. This new treaty is alarming to Republicans because it suggests a “world government” on the issue of climate change. The Republicans have also been opposed to it because they believe President Obama will hold a foreign title to preside over the Climate Change council. As it is argued in the Constitution, the serving President cannot accept any titles of foreign nobility otherwise he will be forced to renounce his American citizenship. As seen on the Glenn Beck program was Lord Christopher Monckton, a man who warns Americans to fight off and resist the passage of this treaty for it will nullify the laws of the American Constitution. Monckton has called out Al Gore, former vice president and author of “An inconvenient Truth” to debate the issue of global warming on an international stage. To this moment, Al Gore has not accepted the challenge so Monckton insists that he remains silent until he does. Monckton is helping lead the resistance with other republicans by creating a webpage where an individual can sign a petition to have the US not sign the Climate Change Treaty in Copenhagen. His webpage is www.webcommentary.com. You can view past archives that also go in-depth on the issue.

But the concern of creating and opening a door to world government is not the only concern. For other nations, like India and China for example, they feel that the numerical limits will prevent them into modernizing with the rest of the world and having the same sort of economy that “AAA” nations have, like that of the United States. The triple A rating comes from an investor credit service called Moody. Nations that have received the AAA rating demonstrate the strongest creditworthiness relative to other US municipal or tax exempt issuers or issues. India and China want to follow and sign onto this Kyoto Protocol II with the promise that their development will not be limited by numerical restraints of carbon emissions. For them, the argument is it is unfair that we have no right to enjoy the same lifestyle that the US or Europe enjoy and therefore we will continue to resist or status of remaining a third world nation. What’s particularly mind-boggling here is that if you believe a world government will happen, then China and India just gave the bird to these IPCC drafters of the Climate Change Treaty. China and India will literally have free reigns to ignore the ratified Climate Change Treaty.

My perspective on the whole thing is quite unorthodox to what they hope to achieve. Yes, they are trying to become more eco-friendly and place a severe cap on carbon emissions, but at the same time they are also very hesitant because of the “other green”. An article featured on the BBC News website sheds some light on the financial problems the treaty will create if ratified. It is believed, and stated in the treaty, that from 2013-2017, each of the industrialized nations will have to contribute 2% of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to third world nations to help in the battle against carbon emissions. The number that is presented in the draft of the treaty is 167 billion dollars per year. Now let’s take into account what is occurring at the moment. The UK’s debt currently stands at the American equivalent of 24 billion dollars. The US’s debt is at (I think) 1.7 trillion dollars and expected to double in the course of the next ten years or so. Now the other day, there were flags everywhere that the recession is over because the stock market had a 3.5% growth this past quarter. Yeah that’s all well and good…for Wall Street and Goldman Sachs. But what about the people you took that money from and the fact that the “cash for clunkers” idea cost each citizen 24 thousand dollars? Do you see where I am going with this? We want to become more eco-friendly and green signing this treaty into effect and enforcing it better than the first Kyoto Protocol. But our leaders are hypocrites and “debt-incubators” because they are frivolous and incompetent to how they manage the paper green. Here’s an idea, find a way to have this debt forgiven. Not just in the United States is there a danger of high inflation, but in places such as England as well. Be skeptical of the intentions of the people fighting for the passage of this treaty. For example, John Holden, the advisor in charge of environmental policies for President Obama said back in the 70s that the world was entering a period of global cooling and that the ice from the Antarctic was going to become so large that it would sink into the ocean and cause a massive tidal wave. That never happened either.

Politicians everywhere, please keep track of what you say and your stances. People who listen and follow the news quite closely will call you out on your pendulum like approaches. It makes you look bad and the people who support you look like damn fools. When you sit down to discuss the treaty this December please take into account the debt you stand in at the moment. We really don’t want to make our graves any deeper and essentially we are signing off the future of our nation by obliging to the proposed rules. If you have no intentions to follow it, and are an enlightened individual, why should we then remain in ignorance and behave like prototypes? If a one-world government is in the works, how will the problem of debt ever be resolved or understood?

This treaty needs to be debated as much as possible and scrutinized because if this fails to happen, we could be looking at the coming of a third “Roman Empire”. Fight this possibility till the day you die and if that day should come with the cost of friendship and trust, then stand firm in what you believe. You must be willing to stand up for what is right, even if it means that you are standing alone.