
Martin urges nations to get tough on energy consumption CBC \|\| December 09, 2005 [KDR: A few minor details to add to Mr. Martin's BS. The Kyoto agreement requires us to drop our CO2 output to 6% below 1990 levels by 2012. Since 1990 our government (including Martin) has allowed an increase in CO2 of 24%. That is a lot of greenhouse gasses to reduce by 2012. How are we going to do that? Of the $12 billion in money allocated to climate change $1.4 billion is earmarked for purchasing credit from foreign governments (ie. Russia, Eastern Europe). "This is absurd public policy: tax dollars spent overseas with no tangible benefits to our environment, the economy or Canadian taxpayers."] Prime Minister Paul Martin says there is no way societies around the world can sustain their current level of energy consumption and called for a change in human behaviour to fight global warming. "The defining cause of climate change is human activity – primarily how we produce and use energy," he told a United Nations climate change summit in Montreal on Wednesday. "The simple fact of the matter is that our economies – indeed our societies – cannot sustain our patterns of consumption." Martin challenged world leaders at the conference to reach a consensus on global warming. "If we fail to meet the challenge of climate change, it will be not be a failure of nations," he said. "It will be a failure of people, of me, of you, a failure of character for all who today are confronted with the clear cost of our indulgence and who refuse to submit to sacrifice and new ways." Martin conceded that Canada's record on fighting climate change needs to be improved. Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com "I need only look at my own country," he said. "We are an energy-producing, energy-consuming nation. Our record on combating climate change was far from perfect in the 1990s." "But now we are investing billions in progressive, effective initiatives as we work towards our Kyoto commitments," he added. Martin later told reporters that Canada will meet its responsibilities on climate change. "There is such as thing as a global conscience," he added. "Now is the time to listen to it. Now's the time to join with others in our global community. Now is the time for resolve, for commitment and leadership and above all, now is the time for action. Because only by coming together can we make real and lasting progress." The Montreal conference, which began Nov. 28 and ends Friday, is an attempt to push countries to adopt the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Approximately 190 nations are represented by 8,000 delegates. The Kyoto Protocol, which came into effect on Feb. 16, set legally binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions from developed countries between 2008 and 2012. About KDR \| \| Home \| \| Weekly Features Archive	Weekly Weekly Features Archive
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Martin urges nations to get tough on energy consumption

CBC || December 09, 2005

[KDR: A few minor details to add to Mr. Martin's BS. The Kyoto agreement requires us to drop our CO2 output to 6% below 1990 levels by 2012. Since 1990 our government (including Martin) has allowed an increase in CO2 of 24%. That is a lot of greenhouse gasses to reduce by 2012. How are we going to do that? Of the $12 billion in money allocated to climate change $1.4 billion is earmarked for purchasing credit from foreign governments (ie. Russia, Eastern Europe). "This is absurd public policy: tax dollars spent overseas with no tangible benefits to our environment, the economy or Canadian taxpayers."]

Prime Minister Paul Martin says there is no way societies around the world can sustain their current level of energy consumption and called for a change in human behaviour to fight global warming.

"The defining cause of climate change is human activity – primarily how we produce and use energy," he told a United Nations climate change summit in Montreal on Wednesday.

"The simple fact of the matter is that our economies – indeed our societies – cannot sustain our patterns of consumption."

Martin challenged world leaders at the conference to reach a consensus on global warming.

"If we fail to meet the challenge of climate change, it will be not be a failure of nations," he said. "It will be a failure of people, of me, of you, a failure of character for all who today are confronted with the clear cost of our indulgence and who refuse to submit to sacrifice and new ways."

Martin conceded that Canada's record on fighting climate change needs to be improved.

Article Posted at www.KnowledgeDrivenRevolution.com

"I need only look at my own country," he said. "We are an energy-producing, energy-consuming nation. Our record on combating climate change was far from perfect in the 1990s."

"But now we are investing billions in progressive, effective initiatives as we work towards our Kyoto commitments," he added.

Martin later told reporters that Canada will meet its responsibilities on climate change.

"There is such as thing as a global conscience," he added. "Now is the time to listen to it. Now's the time to join with others in our global community. Now is the time for resolve, for commitment and leadership and above all, now is the time for action. Because only by coming together can we make real and lasting progress."

The Montreal conference, which began Nov. 28 and ends Friday, is an attempt to push countries to adopt the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Approximately 190 nations are represented by 8,000 delegates.

The Kyoto Protocol, which came into effect on Feb. 16, set legally binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions from developed countries between 2008 and 2012.

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