{"id":284,"date":"2009-04-14T04:25:20","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T04:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2019-07-25T13:55:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:55:25","slug":"copenhagenoff-sets-the-big-picture-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldteamnow.org\/blog\/2009\/04\/14\/copenhagenoff-sets-the-big-picture-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Copenhagen”Off Sets” –The Big Picture Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Courtesy of NASA<\/p><\/div>\n

Copenhagen Cont’d.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Think Global: Act Local<\/span> Act for ALL<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Suzanne Maxx<\/em><\/p>\n

We put the countdown to Copenhagen’s Climate Conference\u00a0<\/a>up on World Team Now\u2019s <\/a>website with exactly how much time we have left, because of the mounting pressure to have some specific measurable results in Copenhagen<\/a>\u00a0(UNFCCC).\u00a0 The importance of raising awareness about this critical global treaty for our world is palpable \u2014 especially now before the Kyoto Protocol <\/a>expires in 2012 as per the road map created in Bali,<\/a> approved by the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference<\/a>.\u00a0 There are several events designed to increase the chances of Copenhagen\u2019s success from the UN\u2019s framework; one announced at G20<\/a> by President Obama<\/a>.\u00a0 The USA will host a “Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate”<\/a> in a preparatory session with 16 major economies, April 27th<\/sup> & 28th<\/sup> in Washington DC. to help facilitate a U.N. agreement on global warming according to The White House, inviting both “developed” and “developing” counties.\u00a0The U. N. scheduled events leading up to Copenhagen, the first round was March 29th<\/sup> \u2013April 8th, the others are June 1st<\/sup>-12th<\/sup> and then August 10th<\/sup>-14th<\/sup> all of these in Bonn, Germany;<\/a>\u00a0September 28th-October 9th in Bangkok and\u00a0last\u00a0November\u00a02nd<\/sup>-6th<\/sup> with the location to be confirmed.\u00a0 In addition to these events Media Mogul turned Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi will host a conference in La Maddalena, Italy <\/a>in July, riding G8<\/a>. These events intend to strengthen communications, and step up points of agreement such as deforestation and clear-cutting of tropical rainforests, global levels we can cut carbon emissions <\/a>that will at least create sustainability, a deadline date, and a plan for enforceability, all so the Summit in Copenhagen <\/a>we will end up with a global treaty with targets that are reasonable.\u00a0 So far the areas of agreement are around clear-cutting our trees and rainforests, the precious lungs of our planet \u2014 the logging and burning of which accounts for a fifth of CO2<\/a> pollution. When I flew over these sites of deforestation I wept with the pain of bearing witness to a massacre.<\/p>\n

There is a need for a leadership position here amongst all the countries that are members of the UN that demand \u201cthe lead by example\u201d model of accountability. With the help of some behind the scenes experts and people who have spend years in the financial world designing a market made of “carbon offsets”, or the cost of pollution, like the UK & USA team,\u00a0Blood and Gore<\/a>-they have a first movers advantage as does the USA now with “green” opportunity.\u00a0 I am not sure if China\u2019s push for a global currency reserve should be dismissed easily. This is one of the first times in my life since beginning World Team in 1989, which I have not been embarrassed about being born in the United States, since embarking on this mission.\u00a0 Obama\u2019s stand for change shows he is willing to pick up where Gore left off with regards to the environment, and to carve out an action plan by 2012 on the premise of the Carbon offset game that would auction the U.S.’ emission trading credits and cut back to 1990 emission levels by 2020. The Dec 7-18 conference will map out what is next for the future with an emission reduction plan, and hopefully spell out a game of carbon credits<\/a>, wherein the caps-and-trade\u00a0are offsets <\/a>and will become a global market with commodities that will re-value and transform our monetary system, but\u00a0with new legislation, if all goes according to plan.<\/p>\n

In time for the events that happened in Bonn this March and perhaps going by the “big picture” plan, Chairman Henry A. Waxman <\/a>of the Energy and Commerce Committee <\/a>and Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee drafted clean energy legislation for the USA. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) is a comprehensive approach to America\u2019s energy policy that charts a new course towards a clean energy economy.\u00a0 According to Waxman, \u201cThe American Clean Energy and Security Act” will create millions of new clean energy jobs, save consumers hundreds of billions of dollars in energy costs, enhance America\u2019s energy independence, and cut global warming pollution and for more detailed information visit the Committee on Energy and Commerce\u2019s site,<\/a><\/p>\n

The stakes are high, it is our future and if you still don\u2019t believe all the scientists who have proven that our planet is warming by human activities,\u00a0NASA<\/a>‘s\u00a0look and this new report from the National Snow and Ice Data Center\u00a0<\/a>shows the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover is continuing at a surprisingly fast rate. New evidence from satellite observations shows ice caps thinning <\/a>as well. Researchers from the Snow and Ice Center report the largest cover this winter was 278-thousand square miles less than the average largest cover for 1979 to 2000, making this winter\u2019s maximum ice extent the fifth-lowest on record. They explain, \u201cArctic sea ice works like an air conditioner for the global climate system. It naturally cools air and water masses, plays a key role in ocean circulation, and reflects solar radiation back into space. Scientists believe ice cover to be an important measure of the health of the Arctic.\u00a0 Look at the vanishing ice to bear witness to the change of our earth.<\/p>\n

If you are wondering what you can do about all of this besides trying to understand it, join World Team Now<\/a>, and allow the synergy of team to move us all into a responsible future, and join us in celebrating Earth Day<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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